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
