- Model:ST12000VE001
- 12TB Storage Capacity
- 3.5-inch Surveillance Hard Drive
- 256MB Cache
- ImagePerfect AI Technology
- 5 Years Warranty from Seagate
Overview
The Seagate SkyHawk AI 12TB (ST12000VE001) is a video-optimized hard drive purpose-built for AI video analytics and surveillance systems. It supports up to 64 HD cameras and 32 additional AI streams, ensuring zero dropped frames through ImagePerfect AI technology for smooth video recording and playback.
Engineered for high reliability, the SkyHawk AI hard drive offers enterprise-class workload rates of 550TB per year and 2.5 million hours mean time between failures (MTBF). It features SkyHawk Health Management to actively protect your surveillance storage through prevention, intervention, and recovery options, including RAID RapidRebuild for three times faster volume rebuilds. The drive includes rotational vibration sensors for reliable storage in multi-drive NVR environments and supports unlimited multi-bay configurations.
With CMR recording technology and helium drive design, the SkyHawk AI delivers consistent performance for 24×7 surveillance operations. It comes with a five-year limited warranty and three-year in-house Rescue Data Recovery Services plan, providing comprehensive protection for demanding surveillance and AI-driven environments requiring continuous, high-quality data capture.
- 12TB video-optimized CMR drive designed for NVRs with AI for edge applications
- ImagePerfect AI firmware delivers zero dropped frames while supporting heavier workloads
- Supports up to 64 HD video streams and 32 AI streams simultaneously
- SkyHawk Health Management with RAID RapidRebuild for three times faster volume rebuilds
- 2.5 million hours MTBF and 550TB per year workload rating for enterprise-class reliability
- Rotational vibration sensors for reliable multi-drive NVR environments
- Helium drive design for optimized performance and reduced power consumption
- Three-year Rescue Data Recovery Services included
Specifications
- Standard Model Number
- ST12000VE001
- Interface
- SATA 6Gb/s
- Recording Technology
- CMR
- Drive Design (Air or Helium)
- Helium
- Drive Bays Supported
- Unlimited
- AI Channels
- 32
- Rotational Vibration (RV) Sensors
- Yes
- Max Sustained Data Rate, OD Read (MB/s)
- Up to 255
- Cache, Multisegmented (MB)
- 256MB
- Tarnish Resistant
- Yes
- Load/Unload Cycles
- 600,000
- Nonrecoverable Read Errors per Bits Read, Max
- 1 per 10E15
- Power-On Hours (per year)
- 8760
- Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF, hours)
- 2500000hr
- Warranty, Limited (years)
- 5 5
- Startup Current, Typical (12V, A)
- 2.0A
- Average Read/Write Power * (W)
- 8 7
- Idle Average (W)
- 5.3W
- Standby Mode/Sleep Mode, Typical (W)
- 1.3/1.3W
- Voltage Tolerance (5V)
- ± 5%
- Voltage Tolerance (12V)
- ± 10%
- Operating (drive reported, min °C)
- 5
- Nonoperating (ambient, min °C)
- -40°C
- Height (mm/in, max)
- 26.11mm/1.028in
- Width (mm/in, max)
- 101.85mm/4.01in
- Depth (mm/in, max)
- 146.99mm/5.787in
- Weight (g/lb, typical)
- 670g/1.477lb
- Carton Unit Quantity
- 20
- Cartons per Pallet/Cartons per Layer
- 40/8
Warranty
5 Years manufacturer warranty from Seagate. Warranty service is provided by the brand's authorised service centre under the brand's own terms; keep the original invoice and the serial number for any claim, and we will guide you through the process. Details are in our Warranty Policy.