SeekerSeagate SkyHawk AI 20TB HDD
The 20TB Seagate SkyHawk AI HDD is an excellent storage solution for video recording and processing. It’s plenty fast and capable for even a large number of streams and has three years of data recovery. However, it is pricey and essentially an Exos X20 at its core.
-- As reviewed by Tom's Hardware
Product details
- ImagePerfect AI: Delivers zero dropped frames while supporting heavier workloads.
- Versatile Capabilities: Intelligently adapts to the scale of your AI environment, supporting up to 64 HD video streams and 32 AI streams.
- SkyHawk Health Management: Actively helps protect your surveillance storage by focusing on prevention, intervention, and recovery options. Includes RAID RapidRebuild—providing 3× faster volume rebuilds over traditional RAID rebuilds.
- Higher Reliability: Enterprise-class, with 2M hours MTBF and a 550TB/year workload rate for more than 3× that of standard surveillance HDDs.
- Recovery Services & Warranty: Five-year limited product warranty and three-year in-house Rescue Data Recovery Services included.
PROS
+ 3-year rescue service warranty for data recovery
+ High CMR storage capacity
+ Meets performance ratings with specific AI guarantees
CONS
- Price
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Expert reviews and ratings
By Tom's Hardware on November 21, 2022
The 20TB Seagate SkyHawk AI HDD is an excellent storage solution for video recording and processing. It’s plenty fast and capable for even a large number of streams and has three years of data recovery. However, it is pricey and essentially an Exos X20 at its core.
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