IC Realtime 4 Channel PoE Mobile Network Video Recorder - Manual (Page 156)

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9999 Appendix A HDD Appendix A HDD Appendix A HDD Appendix A HDD Capacity Capacity Capacity Capacity Calculation Calculation Calculation Calculation
Calculate total capacity needed by each device according to video recording (video recording type
and video file storage time).
Step 1: According to Formula (1) to calculate storage capacity
i
q that is the capacity of each
channel needed for each hour, unit Mbyte.
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ч Ч ч =
i i
d q (1)
In the formula:
i
d means the bit rate, unit Kbit/s
Step 2: After video time requirement is confirmed, according to Formula (2) to calculate the
storage capacity
i
m , which is storage of each channel needed unit Mbyte.
i
m =
i
q ×
i
h ×
i
D (2)
In the formula:
i
h means the recording time for each day (hour)
i
D means number of days for which the video shall be kept
Step 3: According to Formula (3) to calculate total capacity (accumulation)
T
q that is needed for
all channels in the device during scheduled video recording.
∑
=
=
c
i
i T
m q
1
(3)
In the formula: c means total number of channels in one device
Step 4: According to Formula (4) to calculate total capacity (accumulation)
T
q that is needed for
all channels in device during alarm video recording (including motion detection).
∑
=
=
c
i
i T
m q
1
×a% (4)
In the formula ： a% means alarm occurrence rate