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ST20000VE003

Seagate Skyhawk AI 20TB 3.5" 7200rpm 512MB Cache SATA3 6Gb/s Surveillance ..

Seagate - Seagate Skyhawk AI 20TB 3.5" 7200rpm 512MB Cache SATA3 6Gb/s Surveillance Hard Disk Drive Seagate Skyhawk AI 20TB 3.5" 7200rpm 512MB Cache SATA3 6Gb/s Surveillance Hard Disk Drive, CMR recording Technology, Helium Drive Design, Unlimited Drive bays supported, 32 AI channels, 285MB/s Max Data Transfer Rate
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ST20000VE003

Seagate Skyhawk AI 20TB 3.5" 7200rpm 512MB Cache SATA3 6Gb/s Surveillance Hard Disk Drive

Seagate Skyhawk AI 20TB 3.5" 7200rpm 512MB Cache SATA3 6Gb/s Surveillance Hard Disk Drive, CMR recording Technology, Helium Drive Design, Unlimited Drive bays supported, 32 AI channels, 285MB/s Max Data Transfer Rate

Features:

Designed for NVR (network video recorders) and AI-enabled NVR systems, the 20TB SkyHawk AI 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal Surveillance HDD fromSeagate 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 20TB and a 3.5" form factor, plus a SATA III 6 GB/s interface, a 512MB cache, and a rotational speed of 7200 rpm, all of which help to ensure uninterrupted data transfers with a sustained rate of up to 285 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%.

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

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

Built to Handle Heavy Surveillance Workloads
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
Advanced vibration management delivers improved and sustained performance in NVR systems with 16 or more bays.

SkyHawk Health Management
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.

Data Protection
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.

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Product CodeST20000VE003spacer
Capacity 20TB
Standard Model Numbers ST20000VE003
Interface SATA 6Gb/s
Recording Technology CMR
Drive Design Helium
Features and Performance
Drive Bays Supported Unlimited
AI Channels 32
AI Real Time Capture Events/Sec 1,2 Up to 120
AI Real Time Compare Events/Sec 1,2 Up to 96
HD Cameras Supported Up to 64
RV Sensors Yes
Max Data Transfer Rate (MB/s) 285/272
Cache (MB) 512MB
Reliability/Data Integrity
Tarnish Resistant Yes
Load/Unload Cycles 600000
Nonrecoverable Read Errors Rate, Max 1 per 10E15
Power-On Hours per year 8760
Workload Rate Limit (WRL) 4 550
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) (hours) 2500000hr
Power Management
Startup Current, Typical (12V, A) 2.0A
Average Read/Write Power * (W) 7 7.8
Idle Average (W) 6.3W
Standby Mode/Sleep Mode, Typical (W) 1.1/1.1W
Voltage Tolerance (5V) ±5%
Voltage Tolerance (12V) ±10%
Environmental/Temperature
Operating (Ambient, min °C) 5°C
Operating (drive reported, max °C) 8 65°C
Nonoperating (ambient, min °C) -40°C
Physical
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


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