SM500F
Field mountable paperless recorder Appendix C – Storage Capacity
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Appendix C – Storage Capacity
C.1 Internal Storage Capacity
Approximate duration calculated for continuous recording of 4 channels of analog data (for 8 channels
divide by 2; for 2 channels multiply by 2 etc.).
C.2 External Storage Capacity
Approximate duration calculated for continuous recording of 4 channels of analog data (for 8 channels
divide by 2; for 2 channels multiply by 2 etc.).
Sample Rate 1 second 10 seconds 40 seconds 60 seconds 120 seconds 480 seconds
64Mb internal Flash
memory
48 days 16 months 5 years 8 years 16 years 56 years
Table C.1 Internal Storage Capacity
SD Card Size
Sample Rate 128Mb 256Mb 512Mb 1Gb
1.0 second 28 days 8 weeks 16 weeks 7 months
10.0 seconds 9 months 19 months 3 years 6 years
Table C.2 External (Archive) Storage Capacity – Text Formatted Archive Files
SD Card Size
Sample Rate 128Mb 256Mb 512Mb 1Gb
1.0 second 3 months 6 months 12 months 2 years
10.0 seconds 2.5 years 5 years 10 years 20 years
Table C.3 External (Archive) Storage Capacity – Binary Formatted Archive Files