Retention Planner

Part of a Design Flow

This tool continues the design flow

This tool has been upgraded to the newer ScopedLabs pipeline wrapper standard. Review and customize this explainer so it reflects the actual purpose of Retention Planner.

TODO: replace this generic flow copy with tool-specific design guidance.

Estimate required storage based on cameras, bitrate, and desired retention.

Best for: estimating how long footage will retain before overwrite based on bitrate, camera count, and storage targets.

Estimate total retention requirements from camera count, bitrate, recording hours, and desired days retained. Add overhead to stay conservative when planning real systems.

Calculator

Camera Count

Average Bitrate per Camera (Mbps)

Hours per Day Recording

Desired Retention (days)

Storage Overhead (%)

Results

Enter values and press Calculate.

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