How much drive space will I need per day?
Q: Roughly how much space do you need per camera, per day?
A: Please use our online calculator to calculate any hardware requirements you’re interested in.
There is no way to calculate that without camera parameters, how many hours you mean by a day and what features you will be using.
For example, for just plain 24 hours recording:
A 2MP MJPEG camera with 25 fps would require 210.94 GB per 24 hours, while a 2MP H265 camera with 25 fps and 1 Mbps bitrate would only need 5.86 GB.
If you use detectors that filter out some video, or schedule, the required disk space will be lower.
It will be more insightful if you use the calculator with your cameras’ specifications.
See also:
How to calculate disk space for the newly introduced feature ‘Parallel saving of a smaller archive’
Valid as of November, 9 2022