NVR Storage Calculator

Estimate recording retention for your UniFi Protect camera system based on resolution, frame rate, quality, and recording mode.

Cameras

108.0GB/d
Total Cameras
1
Storage Per Day
108.0 GB
Storage Per Month
3.24 TB

NVR Model

Retention Estimate

Estimated recording retention by total usable storage capacity

2 TB
18 days
Adequate
4 TB
37 days (~1.2 months)
Good
8 TB
74 days (~2.5 months)
Good
16 TB
148 days (~4.9 months)
Excellent
24 TB
222 days (~7.4 months)
Excellent
32 TB
296 days (~9.9 months)
Excellent
48 TB
1.2 years
Excellent
96 TB
2.4 years
Excellent

Guidelines

30+ days — Recommended for business liability
14-30 days — Minimum for most commercial use
7-14 days — Residential / low-risk only
<7 days — Insufficient for most deployments

How It's Calculated

GB/day = Bitrate (Mbps) × 10.8 × duty cycle

Retention = Storage (GB) ÷ daily usage (GB)

Bitrates are estimates based on H.264/H.265 encoding. Actual results vary by scene complexity and camera model.