Seagate SkyHawk 8TB 3.5" SATA AI Surveillance Hard Drive

Smart. Safe. Secure.
Video Optimised and Edge Ready
Seagate® SkyHawk™ AI 18 TB is a video-optimised drive designed for NVRs with artificial intelligence (AI) for edge applications.

Key Advantages
- ImagePerfect™ AI firmware delivers zero dropped frames while supporting heavier workloads.
- Versatile capabilities intelligently adapt to the scale of your AI environment, supporting up to 64 HD video streams and 32 AI streams.
- Rescue Data Recovery Services. SkyHawk AI comes with extra peace of mind for any mechanical, accidental, or natural disaster. With a 95% success rate of in-house recovery, Seagate has your back with a 3-year included Rescue Services plan.
- SkyHawk Health Management actively helps protect your video storage by focusing on prevention, intervention and recovery options. Included RAID RapidRebuild™ provides 3× faster volume rebuilds.
- Class-Leading Reliability and Dependability SkyHawk AI drives are rated for 2M hours MTBF and a 550 TB/year workload rate for more than 3x that of standard surveillance hard drives.
- Powerful processing to welcome workload challenges — SkyHawk AI supports video analysis and recording simultaneously with GPU analytics workloads.
- Enjoy consistent performance with built-in rotational vibration sensors providing reliable storage for NVR with little lag or downtime.
- Multi-bay support helps you meet your growing storage demands with up to 16+ bays.

Best-Fit Applications
- Network video recorders (NVR)
- AI-enabled NVR systems

Specifications

Brand Name
- Seagate

Product Number
- ST8000VE001

Capacity
- 8TB

Interface SATA
- 6 Gb/s

Recording Technology
- CMR

Drive Design
- Air

Drive Bays Supported
- 16+

AI Channels
- 32

AI Real Time Capture Events/Sec
- Up to 120

AI Real Time Compare Events/Sec
- Up to 96

HD Cameras Supported
- Up to 64

RV Sensors
- Yes

Max. Sustained Transfer Rate OD (MB/s)
- 245MB/s

Cache (MB)
- 256MB

Tarnish Resistant
- Yes

Load/Unload Cycles
- 600,000

Non-recoverable Read Errors Rate, Max
- 1 per 10E15

Power-On Hours per year
- 8,760

Workload Rate Limit (WRL)
- 550

Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) (hours)
- 2,000,000 hr

Startup Current, Typical (12V, A)
- 2

Average Operating Power (W)
- 10.1 W

Idling Average (W)
- 7.8 W

Standby Mode/Sleep Mode, Typical (W)
- 1/1

Voltage Tolerance (5 V)
- ±5%

Voltage Tolerance (12 V)
- ±10%

Operating (Ambient, min °C)
- 0

Operating (drive reported, max °C)
- 65

Non-operating (ambient, min °C)
- -40

Height (mm/in, max)
- 26.11 mm/1.028 in

Width (mm/in, max)
- 101.85 mm/4.01 in

Depth (mm/in, max)
- 146.99 mm/5.787 in