Chapter 10. Record Section In-Depth
2. Calculating Storage Required
9 Channel DVR Storage Reference Chart
Here are some examples of easy to reference chart for 9ch DVR. Special characteristic of 9 Channel DVR is that recording storages are shared between 9 channels not 8 channels, if it was 8 channels it may have been possible to have 30 fps all across even at 720X240. That is the reason for having this chart calculating its maximum frame rate at CIF 30fps, 2CIF 15fps and D1 at 10fps.
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| 500 Giga Byte / Recording Continuous |
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360X240 @ 30 fps | 20 days 1 hrs |
| 15 days 11 hrs | 13 days 3 hrs | 9 days 18 hrs | 7 days 22 hrs |
720X240 @ 15 fps | 22 days 11 hrs |
| 16 days 15 hrs | 13 days 9 hrs | 10 days 23 hrs | 9 days 15 hrs |
720X480 @ 10 fps | 15 days 12 hrs |
| 12 days 6 hrs | 10 days 3 hrs | 7 days 13 hrs | 6 days 1 hrs |
500 Giga Byte / On Motion (Considering there is only 35% of recording due to motion) | ||||||
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360X240 @ 30 fps | 57 days 7 hrs |
| 44 days 6 hrs | 37 days 13 hrs | 27 days 22 hrs | 22 days 16 hrs |
720X240 @ 15 fps | 64 days 5 hrs |
| 47 days 13 hrs | 38 days 5 hrs | 31 days 7 hrs | 27 days 13 hrs |
720X480 @ 10 fps | 44 days 9 hrs |
| 35 days 0 hrs | 28 days 23 hrs | 21 days 15 hrs | 17 days 6 hrs |
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360X240 @ 30 fps | 41 days 2 hrs |
| 31 days 17 hrs | 26 days 22 hrs | 20 days 0 hrs | 16 days 6 hrs |
720X240 @ 15 fps | 46 days 0 hrs |
| 34 days 2 hrs | 27 days 9 hrs | 22 days 10 hrs | 19 days 18 hrs |
720X480 @ 10 fps | 31 days 19 hrs |
| 25 days 2 hrs | 20 days 18 hrs | 15 days 12 hrs | 12 days 9 hrs |
1 Tera Byte / On Motion (Considering there is only 35% of recording due to motion) | ||||||
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360X240 @ 30 fps | 117 days 10 hrs |
| 90 days 16 hrs | 76 days 21 hrs | 57 days 4 hrs | 46 days 11 hrs |
720X240 @ 15 fps | 131 days 12 hrs |
| 97 days 9 hrs | 78 days 6 hrs | 64 days 3 hrs | 56 days 10 hrs |
720X480 @ 10 fps | 90 days 21 hrs |
| 71 days 17 hrs | 59 days 7 hrs | 44 days 7 hrs | 35 days 9 hrs |
| 6 Tera Byte (2X 3TB HDD) / Recording Continuous |
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360X240 @ 30 fps | 246 days 13 hrs |
| 190 days 11 hrs | 161 days 12 hrs | 120 days 1 hrs | 97 days 14 hrs |
720X240 @ 15 fps | 276 days 4 hrs |
| 204 days 13 hrs | 164 days 9 hrs | 134 days 17 hrs | 118 days 12 hrs |
720X480 @ 10 fps | 190 days 21 hrs |
| 150 days 15 hrs | 124 days 14 hrs | 93 days 2 hrs | 74 days 7 hrs |
6 Tera Byte (2X 3TB HDD) / On Motion (Considering there is only 35% of recording due to motion) | ||||||
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360X240 @ 30 fps | 704 days 12 hrs |
| 544 days 4 hrs | 461 days 10 hrs | 343 days 1 hrs | 278 days 19 hrs |
720X240 @ 15 fps | 789 days 1 hrs |
| 584 days 11 hrs | 469 days 16 hrs | 384 days 21 hrs | 338 days 15 hrs |
720X480 @ 10 fps | 545 days 10 hrs |
| 430 days 9 hrs | 355 days 23 hrs | 265 days 23 hrs | 212 days 7 hrs |
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| Table 8 9ch DVR HDD reference |
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*Above table is provided only as a guide not as guarantee.
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