Designed for NVR (network video recorders) and AI-enabled NVR systems, the 16TB 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
• 16TB Storage Capacity
• 3.5″ Form Factor
• SATA III 6 Gb/s Interface
• 256MB Cache
• 7200 rpm
• 250 MB/s Max Sustained Transfer Rate
• 2 Million Hours MTBF
• 300,000 Load/Unload Cycles

 

SKYHAWK SURVEILLANCE DRIVES

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Leverage up to 14TB for 24×7 workloads with drives designed for DVR and NVR systems. SkyHawk surveillance drives support up to 64 HD cameras and 32 AI streams, and are equipped with enhanced ImagePerfect to minimize dropped frames. SkyHawk Health Management (SHM) is included.

 

 

 

24×7 Clear Streaming

Improve reliability by up to 30% with surveillance-optimized firmware.

Built Tougher

Rely on 3× the workload rating of desktop drives—up to 180TB/year.

SkyHawk Health Management

Improve overall reliability when your SV system is populated with SkyHawk drives and SHM.

3-Year Data Recovery Plan

Defy user error, data corruption, fire, and flood damage with optional 3-year data recovery plans.

Built for Surveillance

Built for home and SMB surveillance, SkyHawk handles all your video data backup and streaming needs.

Heavy workloads? No problem.

SkyHawk drives are not typical drives. They support heavy surveillance workloads by design.

Smooth Video—Always

ImagePerfect firmware is surveillance-optimized and equipped with vibration tolerance Acutrac technology to ensure perfect video integrity.

Take the Long View

SkyHawk Health Management monitors and analyzes drive health, and offers options to improve performance.

 

 

 

Specifications

Storage Capacity	Total: 16 TB SATA III (6 Gb/s) 3.5″ HDD (7200 rpm)
Read Speed	Maximum: 250 MB/s
Write Speed	Not Specified by Manufacturer
Buffer	256 MB
Latency	4.2 ms

 

HDD Specs

Heads	16
Platters	8
Areal Density	1028 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	6.71 W (Active) 5.1 W (Idle) 1.05 W (Standby)
Supported Voltage	5 VDC, 12 VDC
Current	1.8 A at 12 VDC