just plug and go
"Not a lot of installation information, but we just opened the unit, plugged it into the extra sata cable, and worked perfectly. Now we can record for months."
16TB Surveillance-Grade Hard Drive
$1,529.99
Smart. Safe. Secure.
SkyHawk™ AI 16TB is an advanced surveillance-optimized drive designed for NVRs enabled with AI for edge security applications. It supports over 3× the workload rate of standard surveillance drives. It includes Rescue Data Recovery Service Plan.
ImagePerfect™ AI firmware delivers zero dropped frames while supporting heavier workloads.
Higher reliability with 2M hours MTBF and a 550TB/year workload rate for more than 3× 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 NVR with little lag or downtime.
Product Specifications
| Capacity | 16TB |
| Interface | SATA 6Gb/s |
| Recording Technology | CMR |
| Drive Design | Helium |
| RV Sensors | Yes |
| Max Data Transfer Rate (MB/s) | Up to 270 |
| Cache (MB) | 256 |
| Tarnish Resistant | Yes |
| Load/Unload Cycles | 600,000 |
| Nonrecoverable Read Errors Rate, Max | 1 per 10E15 |
| Power-On Hours per year | 8,760 |
| Workload Rate Limit (WRL) | 550 |
| Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) (hours) | 2,500,000hr |
| Startup Current, Typical (12V, A) | 2.0 |
| Average Read/Write Power (W) | 8 |
| Idle Average (W) | 5.3W |
| Standby Mode/Sleep Mode, Typical (W) | 1.3/1.3 |
| Voltage Tolerance (5V) | ±5% |
| Voltage Tolerance (12V) | ±10% |
| Environmental/Temperature | |
| Operating (Ambient, min °C) | 0 |
| Operating (drive reported, max °C) | 65 |
| Nonoperating (ambient, min °C) | -40 |
| Physical | |
| 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 |
What's Included?
