HIKVISION DS-7204HI-S Series User Manual

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Appendix B HDD Capacity Calculation
Calculate total capacity needed by each DVR 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 every hour, unit Mbyte.
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ii
dq
(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 DVR during scheduled video recording.
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

c
i
iT
mq
1
(3)
In the formula:
c
means total number of channels in one
DVR
Step 4: According to Formula (4) to calculate total capacity (accumulation)
T
q
that is needed for all channels in DVR during alarm video recording (including
motion detection).



c
i
iT
mq
1
×a% (4)
In the formula：a% means alarm occurrence rate

HIKVISION DS-7204HI-S Series Specifications

General

Brand	HIKVISION
Model	DS-7204HI-S Series
Category	DVR
Language	English