CoolDude 0 Posted January 22, 2009 Any quick way of guestimating the hard drive capacity required to record 12 hours of medium activity motion at 7.5 FPS per camera x 16 cameras in order to have 6 months of data at a standard quality. My head exploded when I tried to even guess at it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shoreviewsecurity 0 Posted January 22, 2009 As per our HD calculator, I have attached 3 images, CIF, 2CIF and D1. Of course rough estimate and many variables will influence this but hope this makes your head feel better. Hope it helps Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soundy 1 Posted January 25, 2009 Sounds about right... one site, I have 23 cameras at D1 and an average of 4fps, and five 1.3MP IP cams at 4fps, all motion-record, and for 90 days' retention, we needed to get to 9.5TB of storage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
InNorthernWeTrust 0 Posted January 26, 2009 Our website has links to a number of useful tools on it, including storage calculators. http://www.northernvideo.com/public/resource.aspx?ad=events.aspx# Beyond the two listed there, I usually use DNF's as it seems to be the most comprehesive. Though you need to provide your information to them. http://www.dnfsecurity.com/resources.asp/section/Reading~Room/category/Technical~Information/options/IP~Cam~Storage~Calculator Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
