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Product Description
Surveillance footage doesn't forgive dropped frames, and neither do the AI models chewing through it in real time. The Seagate SkyHawk™ AI 3.5-inch Internal Hard Drive is purpose-built for exactly that workload: NVR-grade video recording running alongside on-device AI analytics, 24 hours a day, without the drive becoming the bottleneck.
Available in 16TB and 24TB capacities, SkyHawk AI is rated for 550TB/year of always-on workload, three times the rating of a standard surveillance drive, and backed by ImagePerfect™ AI firmware that keeps frames from dropping even as camera counts and AI streams scale up.
Key Features
- Built for AI-Enabled NVRs: Supports up to 64 HD video streams and 32 simultaneous AI streams, with up to 120 AI real-time capture events per second and up to 96 AI comparison events per second.
- ImagePerfect™ AI Firmware: Delivers zero dropped frames even under heavier recording and analytics workloads.
- 3x the Workload Rating: Rated for 550TB/year, more than three times the workload rating of a standard surveillance HDD, for genuinely always-on recording.
- Class-Leading Reliability: Up to 2.5 million hours MTBF, backed by a 5-year limited warranty.
- 3-Year Rescue Data Recovery Services Included: If the drive fails, Seagate's in-house recovery team has a 95% success rate, included at no extra cost for 3 years.
- SkyHawk Health Management: Actively monitors drive condition with a focus on prevention, intervention, and recovery, plus RAID RapidRebuild for up to 3x faster volume rebuilds.
- Vibration Tolerant: Built-in rotational vibration (RV) sensors keep performance consistent in multi-bay NVR and DVR enclosures.
- Unlimited Multi-Bay Support: Scales cleanly across growing camera counts and storage arrays.
- Helium-Sealed CMR Design: Conventional magnetic recording in a helium-filled enclosure for consistent, dependable performance at high capacity.
Package Includes
- Seagate™ SkyHawk™ AI 3.5-inch Internal SATA Hard Drive (16TB or 24TB, depending on the model ordered).
Specifications
| Model Numbers | ST16000VE005 (16TB) · ST24000VE002 (24TB) |
| Interface | SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) |
| Recording Technology | CMR (Conventional Magnetic Recording) |
| Drive Design | Helium-sealed |
| Drive Bays Supported | Unlimited |
| AI Channels | 32 |
| AI Real-Time Capture Events/Sec | Up to 120(1) |
| AI Real-Time Compare Events/Sec | Up to 96(1) |
| HD Cameras Supported | Up to 64 |
| RV Sensors | Yes |
| Max Sustained Transfer Rate | 16TB: 240MB/s (229MiB/s) · 24TB: 285MB/s (272MiB/s) |
| Cache | 512MB |
| Tarnish Resistant | Yes |
| Load/Unload Cycles | 600,000 |
| Nonrecoverable Read Errors Rate, Max | 1 per 10E15 |
| Power-On Hours per Year | 8,760 (designed for continuous 24/7 operation) |
| Workload Rate Limit | 550TB/year |
| Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) | 2,500,000 hours |
| Warranty | 5-year limited warranty |
| Rescue Data Recovery Services | 3 years included(2) |
| Startup Current, Typical (12V) | 2.0A |
| Average Read/Write Power | 16TB: 8.2W · 24TB: 7.8W |
| Idle Average Power | 16TB: 6.7W · 24TB: 6.3W |
| Standby/Sleep Mode, Typical Power | 16TB: 1.2W/1.2W · 24TB: 1.1W/1.1W |
| Voltage Tolerance | 5V ±5% · 12V ±10% |
| Operating Temperature (Drive Reported) | 16TB: 10°C to 60°C · 24TB: 10°C to 65°C |
| Nonoperating Temperature (Ambient, Min) | -40°C |
| Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth, Max) | 26.1mm x 101.85mm x 147.0mm (1.028in x 4.010in x 5.787in) |
| Weight, Typical | 16TB: 695g (1.53lb) · 24TB: 685g (1.51lb) |
Notes
1. AI capture/compare events can be human, vehicle, or object detection, tested and verified using an embedded AI NVR (64-channel HD recording, 16-channel playback, average picture size ~250KB).
2. Rescue Data Recovery Services plan may be offered in addition to the standard warranty in selected regions only; check with reseller for availability. Seagate reports a 95% in-house recovery success rate.
3. Seagate does not recommend operating at sustained extreme temperatures. Operation at high temperatures will shorten product life.
Compatibility
| Systems | Network video recorders (NVR) and DVR systems · AI-enabled NVR/edge AI appliances · Multi-bay surveillance storage arrays · Desktop PCs and personal NAS solutions running Windows or macOS |
| Interface Compatibility | Any motherboard, NVR, or storage enclosure with a native SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) port; backward compatible with SATA II and SATA I ports at reduced speed |
| Best-Fit Applications | AI video analytics running alongside continuous recording · Multi-camera surveillance deployments up to 64 HD streams · RAID/multi-bay NVR arrays |
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