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Storage Calculator

Estimate disk space and bandwidth usage for your Milestone XProtect installation.

Please see the Calculator Guide to find out how each entry in the Storage Calculator affects an installation.

Update the Server Estimator with your inputs:


Number of cameras:   
Average image size (kilobytes):   
Image rate (frames per second):   
   
Days to store (archives and current day):   
Hours recording per day:   
Percentage of time with motion: 
(100% if recording all images) 		  
% 
   
Disk space GB 
Images per camera. per day 
Bandwidth Mb/s 
   

GB
The required disk size in GB

Images/camera per day
The total number of images stored per camera per day.
This figure, plus a small overhead, should be used when setting up the database storage parameters in the Milestone software.

Mb/s
The total bandwidth (in Megabits per second) used on the network.

As a rule of thumb, a 10Mbit/s Ethernet adapter is capable of handling a maximum of 5 Mbit/s, while a 100Mbit/s Ethernet adapter can handle about 50 Mbit/s (simplex mode).