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Storage Calculator (MPEG4)

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

Update the Server Estimator with your inputs:

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Number of cameras:
Bitrate:	Kbit/s
Days to store (archives and current day):
Hours recording per day:
Percentage of time with motion:  (100% if recording all images)
Disk space	GB
Bandwidth	Mbit/s
Switch to a calculation based on resolution and image rate (estimating the bitrate)

Number of cameras:
Resolution:	CIF     4CIF
Image rate (frames per second):	5   15  30
Bit rate estimated:	Kbit/s
Days to store (archives and current day):
Hours recording per day:
Percentage of time with motion:  (100% if recording all images)
Disk space	GB
Bandwidth	Mbit/s
Switch to a calculation based on bitrate

If you know, based on experience or based on experiment, what is a good bitrate to use, using the bitrate is the best way to calculate. If you only know what resolution and frame rate, you can estimate the bitrate. Remember that a live test is even better. Image sizes will depend heavily on motion. Make sure to add a big overhead if you estimate a system without being able to do live testing.