QSC26404 User’s Manual
Appendix B: HDD Capacity Calculation
To calculate total capacity needed by each DVR according to video recording (video recording type and video file storage time).
Step 1: Use Formula (1) to calculate storage capacity qi that is the capacity of each channel
needed for every hour: unit Mbyte.
qi = di ⎟ 8⋅ 3600 ⎟1024 | (1) |
In the formula: di means the bit rate, unit Kbit/s
Step 2: After video time requirement is confirmed, according to Formula (2) to calculate the
storage capacity mi , which is the storage needed by each channel: unit Mbyte.
| mi = qi × hi × Di | (2) |
| In the formula: |
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hi | represents the recording time for each day (hours) |
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Di | represents the number of days for which the video will be kept |
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Step 3: Use Formula (3) to calculate total capacity (accumulation) qT | that is needed for all | |
channels in the DVR during scheduled video recording. |
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c
qT = ∑ mi
i=1
In the formula: c represents total number of channels in one DVR
Step 4: Use Formula (4) to calculate total capacity (accumulation) qT that is needed for channels in DVR during alarm video recording (including motion detection).
c
qT = ∑ mi ×a%
i=1
In the formula：a% represents alarm occurrence rate
(3)
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(4)
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