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  1. What Is Network Camera and What Are the Advantages?
  2. Which Camera Is Better For My Application?
  3. Is Network Camera difficult to set up?
  4. How Much Hard Drive Storage Space Do I Need?
  5. What Focal Length of Lenses Do I Need?
 

  How Much Hard Disk Space or CD-ROM Storage Does Recording Need? 

 
How Much A Popular Media Storage Unit Could Hold Giga-Bytes of storage required total video frames generated days seconds per frame frames per second Assume Kbytes per video frame resolution (pixels)
               
ONE CD-ROM per WEEK 0.60 30,240 7 20   20 320x240
ONE CD-ROM per DAY 0.58 28,800 1 3   20 320x240
  1.73 86,400 1   1 20 320x240
  51.84 2,592,000 30   1 20 320x240
One Year Data Fits In ONE 160GB Hard Drive 157.68 7,884,000 365 4   20 320x240
  630.72 31,536,000 365     20 320x240
  63.07 3,153,600 365 10   20 320x240
               
Average laptop able to save 24-hour high-grade picture frames 5.18 86,400 1   1 60 640x480
  36.29 604,800 7   1 60 640x480
  155.52 2,592,000 30   1 60 640x480
  31.54 525,600 365 60   60 640x480
One Year Data Fits In ONE 200GB Hard Drive 189.22 3,153,600 365 10   60 640x480
  1,892.16 31,536,000 365   1 60 640x480
  155.52 2,592,000 30   1 60 640x480
24-hour of High Quality Movie Frames 124.42 2,073,600 1   24 60 640x480
  870.91 14,515,200 7   24 60 640x480