Summary

Recording video to an SD card heavily strains the recording media. Due to those stresses, Hanwha only recommends certain micro SD cards for use in our cameras. This article provides the recommended Micro SD/SDHC/SDXC memory cards to use in Hanwha IP cameras.

Precautions for Use

• To remove the Micro SD card, navigate to the Storage menu and set the device to Not Use, click OK, turn off the camera, and then remove the card.
  
  
• The Micro SD card will no longer store data once it reaches the end of its lifespan.
  
  
• SD card compatibility may vary depending on the card manufacturer and type, so it is recommended to use the SD cards recommended in this article.
  
  
• Most off-the-shelf micro SD cards bought online or from a local retailer will be consumer-grade flash memory with an approximate maximum number of writes to each memory cell of about 3,000 to 5,000 writes before a permanent failure will occur in each cell.  The quicker the overwrite cycle is, the quicker the card will degrade.  Recording on events or at lower resolution/frame rate/bit rate will increase the life span of the card.
  
  Triple Level Cell - Consumer-grade flash 3,000 to 5,000 write cycles maximum (Not Recommended)
  
  Multi-Level Cell - MLC 8,000 to 10,000 write cycles maximum (Recommended)
  
  SLC - Single-Level Cell 90,000 to 100,000 write cycles maximum
  
  
• The recommended type is MLC (Multi-Level Cell)
  
  
• The recommended capacity for your camera is listed in the manual, and older units may have a lower maximum capacity. The current capacity is from 16GB to 512GB
  
  
• Class 10 and UHS Speed 3 Class are recommended

NOTE: Hanwha puts this information in every product manual, search
the manual PDF for MLC, the manual will list the recommended type
and size and format of SD card.  

Recommended SD Card Specifications

The following are officially supported Micro SD Cards for Hanwha IP cameras 

*The supported SD card capacity may vary depending on the camera model.