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dq      (1) 
      In the formula: means the bit rate, unit Kbit/s 
tep 2: After video time requirement is confirmed, according to Formula (2) to calculate the 
ch channel needed unit Mbyte.   
× ×         (2) 
In the formula:   
means the recording time for each day (hour) 
  means number of days for which the video shall be kept 
a (3) to calculate total capacity (accumulation)  that is needed for 
all ch ring scheduled video recording.  
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        (3) 
In the formula:  means total number of channels in one DVR   
ula (4) to calculate total capacity (accumulation)  that is needed for 
rm video recording (including motion detection).  
 
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annels in the DVR du
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Step 4: According to Form
all channels in DVR during ala
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×a%       (4) 
In the formula:a% means alarm occurrence rate 
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