Data Storage & Capacity Calculator
Calculate RAID array capacity, CCTV video storage requirements, and enterprise data growth
Net Usable Storage Capacity
38.00 TB
Raw Storage: 48.00 TB | Storage Efficiency: 79.2%
Drive Fault Tolerance
1 Drive
Max disk failures without data loss
Parity / Mirror Overhead
8.00 TB
Dedicated to data protection
Read / Write Speed Factor
5× Read / 1× Write
Theoretical IOPS / throughput multiplier
Binary Operating System Space
34.56 TiB
Reported by Windows / Linux (Base 2)
Continuous = 24h, Motion = ~8-12h
Legal or operational archive window
Required NVR / VMS Storage
5.18 TB
Recommended Purchase: 1 × 6 TB or 2 × 4 TB Surveillance Drives
Daily Data Generation
172.8 GB / day
Aggregated across all cameras
Aggregate Inbound Bitrate
16.0 Mbps (2.0 MB/s)
Network switch ingress throughput
Per-Camera Storage Demand
648.0 GB / cam
Total space per camera over 30 days
H.265 Savings vs H.264
~5.18 TB Saved
~50% reduction in disk requirements
Industry average is ~15-25% annually
Projected Primary Storage in 3 Years
43.20 TB
Total Ecosystem Storage (with Backups): 129.60 TB
Net Data Added
+18.20 TB
Cumulative primary growth
Monthly Ingest Pace
~505 GB / mo
Average monthly data accumulation
Backup Repository Footprint
86.40 TB
Offsite, secondary, and snapshot tiers
Est. Monthly Cloud Egress/Storage
$216 / mo
Based on ~$0.005/GB cold/archive cloud