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How many days can surveillance footage be stored? The 2TB hard drive was supposed to be stored for three months, but I ran it for a week with continuous recording
How long surveillance footage can be stored depends on the number of bits, number of channels, and recording method. My home has six cameras with 2TB hard drives, recording continuously at 260GB per day, and after seven days, it starts cycling over the old ones. This article explains the method for calculating the number of days saved, then thoroughly explains the three knobs that extend save time—streaming, enabling detection, and adding a split header strategy—and also covers the pitfalls of disconnecting or resuming data and misaligned timestamps....
