Video Retention Cost Calculator

Calculate video storage requirements and costs for surveillance systems.

Total cameras recording to storage.
cameras
Camera resolution setting.
Recording frames per second.
fps
Video compression codec.
Number of days to retain video.
days

Results

Total Storage:
Total storage required for all cameras at specified retention.
-TB
NVR Units Needed:
Number of NVR/server units assuming 64TB per unit.
-units
Annual Storage Cost:
Estimated annual cost based on enterprise HDD pricing.
-
Daily Ingest Rate:
Total data generated per day across all cameras.
-GB/day
Reference: Storage = bitrate x 86400 x days. IPVM storage calculation methodology.