Designed for NVR (network video recorders) and AI-enabled NVR systems, the 18TB SkyHawk AI 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5″ Internal Surveillance HDD from Seagate is well-suited for units with 16 or more drive bays. Engineered for 24/7 workloads, or 8760 operational hours per year, this SkyHawk AI drive supports up to 64 HD cameras and 32 additional AI streams, or 16 AI channels. Seagate’s ImagePerfect AI technology helps to deliver zero dropped frames, while high reliability is backed by a workload rate of 550TB per year. Additionally, SkyHawk Health Management helps protect your surveillance storage by focusing on prevention, intervention, and recovery options. Should you use this drive in a RAID, integrated RAID RapidRebuild technology helps provide faster volume rebuilds.

• Designed for 24/7 Surveillance
• 18TB Storage Capacity
• 3.5″ Form Factor
• SATA III 6 Gb/s Interface
• 256MB Cache
• 7200 rpm
• 260 MB/s Max Sustained Transfer Rate
• 2 Million Hours MTBF
• 300,000 Load/Unload Cycles

SKYHAWK AI

Evolve Your AI Needs

The accuracy and success of any AI deep learning system are only as good as the data it ingests. SkyHawk AI is the only purpose-built drive to reliably record both high-resolution video images and deep learning insights and is ideal for AI-enabled surveillance NVR systems.

 

What You Need To See Clearly

 

IMAGEPERFECT AI

ImagePerfect AI firmware is fine-tuned to support both AI and video footage integrity with no dropped frames.

 

SCALABLE AI SURVEILLANCE

Over 3× the workload rating of standard surveillance drives—up to 550TB/year. Perfect for 24×7 random read write intensive workloads.

 

SUPPORTS VIDEO AND AI

Only drive on the market today that simultaneously supports 32 AI streams along with 64 HD camera streams.

 

OPTIONAL 2-YEAR DATA RECOVERY

Covering user error, data corruption, fire and flood damage, SkyHawk drives include three years of Rescue Data Recovery Services.

Design Performance and Reliability Into Your Surveillance Mix

 

SUPPORT HEAVY WORKLOADS

Only SkyHawk AI drives can support heavy workloads, and only SkyHawk AI is designed for more than 3× the workload of standard surveillance drives.

 

DELIVER BETTER INSIGHTS

The AI surveillance world demands clearer and richer detail to provide unprecedented insights.

 

IMPROVE BUSINESS OUTCOMES

SkyHawk AI scales and reliably stores AI surveillance data to reimagine your business with smarter processes and better outcomes.

SPOT POTENTIAL ISSUES QUICKER

SkyHawk AI drives deliver the performance needed for your AI to spot potential threats and unusual activity.

 

 

Specifications 

 

Storage Capacity	Total: 18 TB SATA III (6 Gb/s) 3.5″ HDD (7200 rpm)
Read Speed	Maximum: 260 MB/s
Write Speed	Not Specified by Manufacturer
Buffer	256 MB
Latency	4.2 ms

HDD Specs

Heads	18
Platters	9
Areal Density	1155 Gb/in²
Disk Sector Format	512e

Reliability / Data Integrity

Annualized Failure Rate (AFR)	0.44 %
Encryption	None
Endurance (Total Bytes Written)	550 TB
Load/Unload Cycles	300,000
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)	2.0 Million Hours
Non-Recoverable Read Errors per Bits Read	1 in 1015

Electrical

Power Draw	8.0 W (Active) 5.3 W (Idle) 1.3 W (Standby)
Supported Voltage	5 VDC, 12 VDC
Current	2.0 A at 12 VDC