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.

Seagate built this SkyHawk AI drive with storage capacity of 16TB and a 3.5" form factor, plus a SATA III 6 GB/s interface, a 256MB cache, and a rotational speed of 7200 rpm, all of which help to ensure uninterrupted data transfers with a sustained rate of up to 255 MB/s. Data reliability is further enhanced by 600,000 load/unload cycles, a 2.5 million hour MTBF, 1 per 10¹⁵ non-recoverable read errors per bits read, and an AFR (annualized failure rate) of 0.44%.

Please be aware that this drive comes in OEM packaging.

Designed for 24/7 Surveillance    16TB Storage Capacity    3.5" Form Factor    SATA III 6 GB/s Interface    256MB Cache    7200 rpm    255 MB/s Max Sustained Transfer Rate    2.5 Million Hours MTBF    600,000 Load/Unload Cycles

Provides improved image integrity alongside additional AI workload support in always-on, AI-enabled surveillance systems.

This SkyHawk AI drive will support an additional 32 AI streams, while simultaneously recording footage from up to 64 HD cameras.

Designed and built to handle heavy surveillance workloads in traditional video recording and advanced video analytic environments, this SkyHawk AI drive has an endurance rating of 550TB per year and can withstand greater workloads than standard surveillance drives.

Advanced vibration management delivers improved and sustained performance in NVR systems with 16 or more bays.

SkyHawk Health Management actively helps protect your surveillance storage by focusing on prevention, intervention, and recovery options. Included is RAID RapidRebuild, which helps provides faster volume rebuilds. Contact your Seagate sales rep for further information.

Not only is reliability improved, but the total cost of ownership is reduced, thanks to a 2.5 million hour MTBF rating and a limited 3-year warranty.

An optional 2-year Rescue Data Recovery Services plan provides access to Seagate's secure data recovery labs. Contact your Seagate sales rep for further information.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. plz et me know PN FW and first three character of SN

A: PN: 1CH166-306

Q: 2. Are the circuit boards supposed to be exposed?

A: Hi Scott - If you're referring to the SATA interface, which is where the connection is made to your workstation, yes.

Q: 3. can this be used as a backup storage for server?

A: This can be used for any backup or storage application you need.

Q: 4. OK for Apple G5?

A: Mac OS X doesn't limit hard drive size, so it should be fine. The G5 is ancient in terms of computers, of course, but should run fine. I've used external enclosures with 2TB Barracuda drives on a MacPro laptop with a G4 processor.

Q: 5. Is this also compatible for PlayStation 4

A: No its not compatible with playstation 4 this drive is 3.5 hard drive you need 2.5 hard drive for playstation 4.

Q: 6. How is this ST3000DMA08 different from the ST3000DM008, and why does the photo show the ST3000DM008?

A: The difference might be that ST3000DM008 is the part number for the bare drive while ST3000DMA08 is the part number for the drive in a retail box. I bought a 2TB version ST2000DMA06 which arrived with that part number on a retail box while the bare drive part number is ST2000DM006.

Q: 7. How is this ST3000DMA08 different from the ST3000DM008?

A: ST3000DMA08 is the OEM version. ST3000DM008 is the retail boxed version. They are both the same drive. The difference is packaging.

Q: 8. What is the warranty period?

A: This product has a one year, limited manufacturer's warranty.

Q: 9. What is Seagate's warranty period on this drive?

A: This product has a one year, limited manufacturer's warranty.

Q: 10. Is it included a SATA cable? Will this hard drive work with Windows 10?

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