Obseron storage space estimate calculator

Last updated: 23rd Sep 2019

This tool can be used to calculate the estimated storage space requirements for a Obseron recorder.

Environment

• Hours of activity per day 
  Example: Store is open from 7AM to 9PM (14 hours) and there is motion almost all the time, from 9PM to 7AM (10 hours) there is barely any movement. 14 hours would be an adequate estimate.
  •  Valid range is 1 - 24 hours.
• Days of recordings 
  How many days should the recordings be kept.
  •  Valid range is 1 - 365 days.
• Camera quantity 
  •  Valid range is 1 - 255 cameras.

Camera parameters

• Camera resolution
• CIF (288p) 4CIF/D1 (576p) HD (720p) FHD (1080p) 4K (2160p)
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• Camera FPS
• 1 5 10 12 15 20 25 30 50 60
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• Camera bitrate
• 50 kb/s 100 kb/s 200 kb/s 250 kb/s 400 kb/s 500 kb/s 600 kb/s 750 kb/s 800 kb/s 1000 kb/s 1200 kb/s 1250 kb/s 1500 kb/s 2000 kb/s 2400 kb/s 2500 kb/s 3000 kb/s 4000 kb/s 4800 kb/s 5000 kb/s 6000 kb/s 8000 kb/s 9600 kb/s 10000 kb/s 12000 kb/s 16000 kb/s 20000 kb/s 24000 kb/s 32000 kb/s 40000 kb/s 48000 kb/s
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Required storage space

• Per camera per day
• Total