Seagate SkyHawk AI internal hard drive 12 TB 7200 RPM 256 MB 3.5 inch Serial ATA III

Market Leader in Surveillance Storage
Seagate has dominated the data storage industry for 40 years because we understand your unique data storage challenges.
We crafted SkyHawk™ AI 18 TB surveillance hard drives to help you achieve your goals.

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24×7 workloads can leverage up to 18 TB with drives designed for DVR and NVR systems. SkyHawk surveillance drives are equipped with enhanced ImagePerfect™ and SkyHawk Health Management to help you sail through your toughest challenges.

Designed for AI Surveillance
We’ve made the right drive for your unique surveillance challenges.
- Supports up to 64 HD cameras and 32 additional AI streams
- Now offering capacities up to 18 TB
- Delivers zero dropped frames with ImagePerfect AI
- Enterprise-class workload rates at 550TB/yr for high reliability

Smart Surveillance
SkyHawk’s innovative ImagePerfect and ImagePerfect AI firmware are the clearest choices in the industry.
Watch a video that explains how ImagePerfect firmware enables better performance in surveillance environments.

Manage Drive Health
Video data is increasingly becoming more important within video surveillance applications. To better protect that data and provide peace of mind, Seagate is including three years of their industry-leading Rescue Data Recovery Services.
Data is important, and Rescue Data Recovery Services provide peace of mind in case of unexpected or accidental data corruption and drive damage. This service gives you access to a global team of world-class data recovery experts and has a 95% customer satisfaction rating.
SkyHawk Health Management (SHM) drive monitoring software is designed for prevention, intervention and recovery. It is available on standard SkyHawk and SKyHawk AI surveillance hard drives.

Protect Your Drive
Every SkyHawk and SkyHawk AI hard drive offers three years of Seagate’s Rescue Data Recovery Services plan to protect against problems that can cause data loss.

Seagate SkyHawk AI . HDD capacity: 12 TB, HDD speed: 7200 RPM, Storage drive buffer size: 256 MB, HDD size: 3.5", Interface: Serial ATA III

How to use

Install the 3.5" SkyHawk AI drive into a compatible DVR, NVR or server bay using a SATA III connection and appropriate power connector. Configure the surveillance system to recognize the drive, format it according to the recorder's requirements, and enable any available SkyHawk Health Management features in the system or via Seagate tools. For AI streams, verify your recorder supports the required number of AI analytics streams and adjust recording settings to balance resolution and storage retention.

Recommendations

Use SkyHawk AI drives in purpose-built surveillance recorders or servers that provide adequate cooling and continuous-power support. Regularly enable and monitor SkyHawk Health Management alerts and maintain backups where possible; the included three-year Rescue Data Recovery Services provides an additional safety net for critical video data.