The Seagate SkyHawk™ AI hard drive — with up to 24TB of capacity — is purpose-built for AI video analytics and surveillance systems, supporting up to 64 HD cameras and 32 additional AI streams. It ensures zero dropped frames through ImagePerfect™ AI technology, delivering smooth video recording and playback. Engineered for high reliability, the SkyHawk AI hard drive offers enterprise-class workload rates of 550 TB per year and 2.5 million hours mean time between failures (MTBF), making it the ideal solution for demanding surveillance systems and AI-driven environments requiring continuous, high-quality data capture.
- ImagePerfect AI delivers zero dropped frames while supporting heavier workloads.
- Versatile capabilities intelligently adapts to the scale of your AI environment, supporting up to 64 HD video streams and 32 AI streams.
- SkyHawk Health Management actively helps protect your surveillance storage by focusing on prevention, intervention and recovery options. It includes RAID RapidRebuild — providing three times faster volume rebuilds over traditional RAID rebuilds.
- Higher reliability and enterprise-class, Skyhawk AI hard drives offer 2.5 million hours MTBF and a 550 TB per year workload rate for more than three times that of standard surveillance hard drives.
- Recovery services and warranty includes a five-year limited product warranty and three-year in-house Rescue Data Recovery Services.
Specification
Capacity: 16TB
Dimensions: H x W x D 26.1 mm/1.028 in × 101.85 mm/4.010 in × 147.0mm/5.787in
Weight: 685 g/1.51 lb
| Specification | 16TB (ST16000VE002) |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 16TB |
| Standard Model Numbers | ST16000VE002 |
| Interface | SATA 6 Gb/s |
| Recording Technology | CMR |
| Drive Design | Helium |
| Drive Bays Supported | Unlimited |
| 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 Data Transfer Rate (MB/s) | Up to 255 |
| 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) | 2,500,000 hr |
| Warranty, Limited (years) | 5 |
| Rescue Data Recovery Services (years) | 3 |
| Startup Current, Typical (12V, A) | 2.0A |
| Average Read/Write Power (W) | 8 |
| Idling Average (W) | 5.3W |
| Standby Mode/Sleep Mode, Typical (W) | 1.3W |
| Voltage Tolerance (5 V) | ±5% |
| Voltage Tolerance (12 V) | ±10% |
| Operating (Ambient, min °C) | 0°C |
| Operating (Drive Reported, max °C) | 65°C |
| Non-operating (Ambient, min °C) | -40°C |
| 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 |
| Weight (g/lb, typical) | 670 g/1.477 lb |
| Carton Unit Quantity | 20 |
| Cartons per Pallet / Cartons per Layer | 40/8 |
