ST20000VE003

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.

Specifications:

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Specifications
Product Code	ST20000VE003
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