Very often CCTV users and integrators face issues apportioning the recording space for their surveillance systems. Most of the time we guess to select our disk drive for storage capacity.
But if you are using Dahua security surveillance devices, there is a scientific calculator available to measure the space coverage. It is known as the Dahua Disk Calculator.
Here, the post will guide you through the Dahua Disk Calculator Download, Installation and Operation steps. The tool is provided by Dahua Technology. With its help users and integrators can easily estimate the storage capacity required for their devices. It can calculate the storage capacity separately for CCTV cameras, DVRs/NVRs or both.
What Does the Dahua Disk Calculator Download Mean?
The Dahua Disk Calculator Tool gives you the calculator to estimate the storage capacity required for any particular device.
The post guides you to download and install this tool, The given illustrations help you in understanding the terms used to operate its various functions and features.
The download button is shared for the Dahua Calculator. Press the button and get the application file.
Benefits of Dahua Disk Calculator
The Dahua Disk Calculator has many important features. Its chief feature is to facilitate the calculation of the storage space required for Dahua Devices. It gives immense benefits by incorporating the following factors.
- Security Surveillance Cameras through Channels- It takes into consideration the various added cameras for storage calculation.
- Resolution- The resolution or image quality of the video.
- Frame Rates- The number of frame rates decides the image and video quality. Higher frame rates mean higher image quality. It further means more storage.
- Compression- It calculates the compression rate like H.264, H.265, H.265+ etc.
- Bitrate- The data taken into account for recording per second.
- Recording Length- The number of days of recording users want to keep in their drive and then overwrite.
- Mode of Recording- The type of recording like continuous, scheduled, or motion-detected.
These are some of the parameters the Dahua calculator considers before giving any suggestions. Use these parameters to estimate the storage capacity.
Download the Dahua Disk Calculator
The installation button is shared for downloading and using the application. Get the button below and press it to initiate the process.
The download button is in an encrypted format. Decompress the file and get the link. The download process is automatic. It takes hardly any time to complete the procedure.
Get the button here.
Install and Operate the Dahua Disk Calculator
The download button is given. Press the button and get the application file. The file is compressed. Squeeze it to install the disk application on your PC. Here, we will install and operate the Dahua Disk tool on a Windows PC.
Double-click the link and you get the following step.
Step 1- Install the Dahua Disk Tool
We get this page on the screen. It is the first page of the Dahua Tool Box.
Press the next button and the installation process will begin,
This application page is about the license agreement and terms & conditions.
Read the agreement carefully and if you fully agree with its terms and conditions, tick the ‘I Agree’ box.
Give it a path to contain files in the folder and then press the install button given on the screen.
The application will begin to load as you can see here on the screen.
The installation procedure is simple and finishes in no time.
When the installation process is completed, we get a new window confirming the process.
The window says that the installation process is completed successfully.
The step one is complete now. We move to the next step. It is about the Dahua Disk App Configuration on the Windows PC.
Step 2- Configure Dahua Disk
The terms and conditions page will pop up on the screen.
Read the terms and conditions and then tick the agreement box.
Press the continue button for the next action.
The following page surfaces.
These are the tools of Dahua. Here, we are concerned with the Disk Calculator.
Press the Disk Calculator Installation button.
The Dahua Disk Tool will be installed and ready to operate.
Step 3- Operate Features & Functions of the Dahua Tool
You will get the following page on the screen.
Press the ‘DiskCalculator’ icon given on the screen.
The interface of the app will appear on the screen.
We will know these terms and their features one by one here.
Add Streaming– This option is given for estimating and calculating the storage capacity by assessing the live video streaming of surveillance devices.
It takes into consideration the frame rate, video compression, bandwidth, device resolution, bit rate etc.
Channel– Through this channel option, we get to know the number of devices or cameras we are going to consider for the recording. This way, we accurately calculate the storage capacity required.
Compression– Select video compression methods like H.264, H.265, etc to calculate the disk space correctly.
Environment– It will be automatically taken by the tool. You do not have to enter the environment. The environment means the outdoor location, the indoor location, motion, audio sensitivity, etc. These factors affect the bit rate, frame rate etcetera.
Resolution– The resolution and the storage capacity have a direct connection. Reolution like 720P, 1080P, 4K, etc, The higher the resolution the better the recording quality.
Frame Rate– It is considered per second. Number of images captured per second is called the frame rate. The higher the frame rate the better the recording quality the more disk space required.
Bit Rate– The bit rate is the amount of data any camera or security device generates per second.
We feed all the above information to calculate the disk information accurately.
There are certain other details which are required for the estimation of the HDD.
Disk Requirement– Now calculate the disk requirement.
Recording Day– Mention the number of days of recording you want to preserve on the storage device.
RAID Calculator– The full form of RAID is a Redundant Array of Independent Disks. It is a technology used in assessing data storage and improving device performance and redundancy.
By entering all these details we get the exact figure to install the storage device in our Dahua devices. Customers get the hard drive calculation and recorded files before they go for overwriting.
Conclusion
The Dahua Disk Calculator is shared in full detail here. The installation link button and its procedure are demonstrated. The tool interface and various terms used to determine the capacity of the drive are defined and discussed.
How to use this tool is explained. The images and descriptions help in understanding the tool better.
Kindly share your queries if any. You can send your questions and suggestions in the comment box. We respond to all queries.
Thank You.
What is the Dahua Disk Calculator?
It is a tool to calculate the storage device capacity required to record the requisite customised options for Dahua Surveillance Devices.
Where can I download the Dahua Disk Calculator?
You can download this Dahu Disk Tool from Dahua’s official website or through authorized Dahua distributors.
Is the Dahua Disk Calculator free to use?
Yes, it is a free tool provided by Dahua. You do not have to purchase it from anywhere.
Does the Dahua Disk Calculator work offline?
Yes, once you install it on your device, you can use it without the internet or offline.
Can I use the Dahua Disk Calculator for non-Dahua cameras?
While it is optimized for Dahua devices, you can manually input specifications for other cameras.
Can I calculate storage for multiple cameras at once?
Yes, you can calculate the storage for multiple cameras at a time and at once.
Is there a mobile version of the Dahua Disk Calculator?
As of now, it is available for only PC versions. It is not available for Mobile versions.
