Small site storage calculation
Cctv Storage Calculation
Calculates surveillance video storage from camera count, average bitrate, recording hours, retention period, and storage overhead. The template converts Mbps to daily gigabytes per camera, then reports usable retained storage and raw storage including overhead.
5 fields
2 archetypes
with-tool
3 scored fields
contract fields
Parameter Map
5 inputs to 3 scored outputs
camera_count
floatNumber of cameras
1 to 1000average_bitrate_mbps
floatAverage video bitrate per camera
0.1 to 50Mbpsrecording_hours_per_day
floatRecording hours per day
1 to 24h/dayretention_days
floathidden in hardRequired retention period
1 to 365daysstorage_overhead_pct
floatStorage overhead for RAID, filesystem, or spare capacity
0 to 100%
Daily storage per camera
Usable retained storage required
Raw storage after overhead allowance
visibility contract
Difficulty Ladder
Small or large CCTV storage calculation
Retention hidden in the site security context
scenario bands
Archetype Atlas
small_site
2 contextsSmall CCTV site with continuous or business-hours recording
building-security / car-park
large_precinct
2 contextsLarge surveillance precinct with many IP cameras
transport-hub / campus-security
rendered task
Generation Preview
transport-hub-large-precinct-preview
- difficulty
- hard
- visibility
- partial
- archetype
- large_precinct
- site context
- transport-hub
visible fields
- camera_count25 to 300
- average_bitrate_mbps2 to 12 Mbps
- recording_hours_per_day12 to 24 h/day
- storage_overhead_pct15 to 50 %
withheld schema
Large surveillance precinct with many IP cameras. transport-hub. Required outputs: daily_storage_per_camera_gb, usable_storage_required_tb, raw_storage_with_overhead_tb