CCTV Storage Architect

Enterprise Design Engine // v3.8 //

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Project Camera Schedule

Group	Qty	Res / Codec	FPS ⓘ	Days	Rec %	Auto Kbit/s	Manual Kbit/s	Used Kbit/s	Mbit/s	TiB

Link Capacity

0 / 1000 Mbit/s (0%)

0% ⚠ 70% caution ✖ 90% critical 100%

Chassis Configuration

Number of Chassis

Bays per Chassis

Distribution

Enter bays per chassis (e.g., "24" for all same, or "24,16,12" for mixed)

Design Mode

Camera-Based

Target Capacity

Global Bitrate Adjustment ⓘ

Conservative (0.6x) Aggressive (1.5x) 100%

Recommended Adjustments by Manufacturer

Axis (Zipstream) 0.65x - 0.75x

Bosch (Intelligent Codec) 0.80x - 0.90x

Hanwha (WiseStream II) 0.85x - 0.95x

Hikvision / Dahua 0.95x - 1.05x

Avigilon (HDSM) 1.10x - 1.20x

Generic / ONVIF 1.00x (Baseline)

H.265 vs H.264 H.265 uses ~50% less bitrate

Manual override bitrate will bypass this adjustment

RAID Type

HDD Size

Growth %

VMS Overhead %

Hot Spares

Reserve drives for automatic failover

Cold Spares

Offline spare drives