BOSCH Security Systems

Digital Storage Calculator

Enter information below and the days of storage will be calculated

Input Data
File Size in KB (ex. 6) 3
Number of Cameras 16
Images Per Second Per Camera 1
Hours of Recording Per Day 6
Hard Drive Storage Available GB's 250

GB Per Day 1.0

Number of Days 252.8
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DESA
Input Data Lowest Low Normal High
File Size in Kb 6.00 160 x 120 750 Bytes 1 KB 1.5 KB 2 KB
Number of Cameras 16
Frames per Second per Channel** 1 320 x 240 1.5 KB 2 KB 3 KB 4.5 KB
Hours of Recording per Day 24
Number of Days 1 640 x 480 3.5 KB 4.5 KB 6 KB 9 KB

Hard Drive Size in GB 120

Bandwidth Calculations

Calculation Data
FPS 1.0
Number of Cameras 16.0
File Size 6.0
Seconds per Minuute 60.0
Minutes per Hour 60.0
Hours per Day 24.0

MB 1024.0

KB 1024.0
(file size)x(8=bits)x(total ips)x(cameras)=bps
Hard Drive Requirements
Gigabyte per Day 7.9 Example: Desa with 16 cameras recording at normal resolution and 1 IPS.
3000 x 8 x 1 x 16 = 384,000 or 384kbs
Days Per 640 Gig DVAS (only) 60.7
Days Per 960 Gig DVAS (only) 121.4
Days Per 2080 Gig DVAS 263.0
Days Per 600 Gig Drive 75.9
Days Per 480 Gig Drive 60.7
Days Per 360 Gig Drive 45.5
Days Per 240 Gig Drive 30.3
Days Per 120 Gig Drive 15.2

Total HDD Requirement (GB) 7.9

Number of Drives 0.1

*Depends on Quality setting

**Divide the Number of total frames by the number of channels

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normal resolution and 1 IPS.