- Model:ST16000VE004
- 16TB Storage Capacity
- 3.5-inch Surveillance Hard Drive
- 512MB Cache Memory
- ImagePerfect AI Technology
- 5 Years Warranty from Seagate
Overview
The Seagate SkyHawk AI 16TB (ST16000VE004) is a video-optimized hard drive purpose-built for AI video analytics and surveillance systems. Supporting up to 64 HD cameras and 32 additional AI streams, this drive ensures zero dropped frames through ImagePerfect AI technology, delivering smooth video recording and playback for demanding surveillance environments.
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). The drive features SkyHawk Health Management to actively protect your surveillance storage by focusing on prevention, intervention, and recovery options, including RAID RapidRebuild for three times faster volume rebuilds over traditional RAID rebuilds.
With Helium drive design and rotational vibration sensors, the SkyHawk AI 16TB provides reliable storage for NVR systems with minimal lag or downtime. The drive intelligently adapts to the scale of your AI environment, supporting simultaneous video analysis and recording with GPU analytics workloads. It comes with a five-year limited warranty and three-year in-house Rescue Data Recovery Services plan.
- 16TB 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 rate
- Rotational vibration sensors for reliable multi-drive environments
- Helium drive design for improved performance and reliability
- Three-year Rescue Data Recovery Services included
Specifications
- Standard Model Number
- ST16000VE004
- 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)
- 285/272
- Cache, Multisegmented (MB)
- 512MB
- 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)
- 7.8 7
- Idle Average (W)
- 6.3W
- Standby Mode/Sleep Mode, Typical (W)
- 1.1/1.1W
- Voltage Tolerance (5V)
- ± 5%
- Voltage Tolerance (12V)
- ± 10%
- Operating (drive reported, min °C)
- 10
- Nonoperating (ambient, min °C)
- -40°C
- Height (mm/in, max)
- 26.1mm/1.028in
- Width (mm/in, max)
- 101.85mm/4.010in
- Depth (mm/in, max)
- 147.0mm/5.787in
- Weight (g/lb, typical)
- 685g/1.51lb
- 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.