How to calculate the recording space occupation?

Hard Disk Capability= (Bit Stream/8*Time)

 
Format Video flow One day One week One month
1080P 1-8M/s 10.5G-84.4G 73.5G-590.8G 315G-2.5T
720P 1-4M/s 10.5G-42.2G 73.5G-295.4G 315G-1.24T
D1 0.5-2.5M/s 5.3G-36.4G 37.1G-254.8G 159G-1092G
CIF 0.18-1M/s 540M-10.5G 3.7G-73.5G 111G-315G

CIF      64kbps-1024kbps          
D1      512kbps-2560kbps
720P    1024kbps-4096kbps        
1080P  1024kbps-8192kbps

The maximum capability of one set PC storage server:12*1.5TB=18TB
SATAII R&W speed: 40MB~60MB

If do not consider the hard disk capability, the server can hold up (40*8/2)=160CH 2Mb/s IP cameras to read and write simultaneously.