Seagate SkyHawk AI 8TB Surveillance Hard Drive

The Seagate SkyHawk AI ST8000VE001 is engineered specifically for AI-enabled surveillance systems requiring robust storage performance. This 8TB 3.5-inch internal hard drive delivers enterprise-grade reliability for multi-bay NVR and DVR configurations supporting up to 16+ drive bays.

ImagePerfect AI Firmware Technology

Built with ImagePerfect AI firmware, this drive eliminates dropped frames while managing intensive workloads from simultaneous video recording and AI analytics. The drive intelligently supports up to 64 HD video streams and 32 AI streams concurrently, adapting to your surveillance environment's scale and processing demands.

Performance Specifications

Operating at 7200RPM with 256MB cache and SATA III 6.0 Gbit/s interface, the SkyHawk AI handles GPU analytics workloads alongside continuous video recording. The drive achieves a 550 TB/year workload rate—more than 3x the capacity of standard surveillance drives—with 2 million hours MTBF for extended operational life.

Advanced Storage Protection

SkyHawk Health Management actively monitors drive health with prevention, intervention, and recovery protocols. The included RAID RapidRebuild technology accelerates volume reconstruction by 3x compared to standard rebuild processes. Three years of Rescue Data Recovery Services provide 90% success rate protection against power failures, natural disasters, user errors, and virus attacks.

Multi-Bay NVR Optimization

Rotational vibration sensors maintain consistent performance in multi-drive enclosures, minimizing lag and downtime in NAS configurations. The drive scales with your storage requirements, supporting installations from single-bay to 16+ bay surveillance systems.

Key Advantages

ImagePerfect AI firmware delivers zero dropped frames while supporting heavier
workloads.

Versatile capabilities intelligently adapt to the scale of your AI environment,
supporting up to 64 HD video streams and 32 AI streams.

Rest easy with three years of Rescue Data Recovery Services, offering an
industry-leading 90% success rate against unexpected data loss from power outages,
natural disasters, user error, viruses and more.

SkyHawk Health Management actively helps protect your surveillance storage by
focusing on prevention, intervention, and recovery options.Included RAID RapidRebuild
provides 3x faster volume rebuilds.

Higher reliability with 2M hours MTBF and a 550 TB/year workload rate for more than
3x that of standard surveillance hard drives.

Powerful processing to welcome workload challenges — SkyHawk AI supports video
analysis and recording simultaneously with GPU analytics workloads.


Enjoy consistent performance with built-in rotational vibration sensors providing
reliable storage for NAS with little lag or downtime.


Multi-bay support helps you meet your growing storage demands with up to 16+
bays.

Model
ST8000VE001 SkyHawk Surveillance

Capacity
8TB

Interface
SATA III

Cache
256MB

Data Transfer
SATA III: 6.0 Gbit/s

Physical Drive Size
3.5"

Packaging
OEM anti-static bag

• Type Of Drive: HDD
• Physical Drive Size: 3.5
• Connection: SATA III
• Capacity: 8TB
• Drive Classification: Surveillance
• Packaging: OEM