CCTV Hard Drive Storage & 30-Day Retention: H.265 NVR Calculation Guide
• 10/29/2026
How big does your CCTV NVR hard drive need to be to achieve 30 days of continuous recording across 4K security cameras? Gary Pearce, Lead Engineer at ADI Communications (07860 244 274), walks through H.265 vs H.264 video compression bitrates, frame rates, and surveillance hard drive selection. Interactive CCTV Storage & Bitrate Engineering Guide: https://adicommunications.co.uk/cctv-installation/ Call 07860 244 274. Website: https://adicommunications.co.uk/