Seagate ST16000VEZ02 SkyHawk AI Solid State Drive 3.5 Hard Drive, SATA 6Gb/s, 16TB

Designed for high-density surveillance and AI video analytics, the Seagate SkyHawk AI Solid State Drive delivers the capacity and performance security teams need to keep mission-critical footage online. This internal 3.5in SSD provides 16TB of storage—large enough to retain months of high-resolution camera streams—while the SATA 6Gb/s interface and up to 250 MB/s read speed plus a 256MB cache ensure fast playback, rapid evidence export and smooth multi-stream recording. Built for continuous operation, the SkyHawk AI drive is NDAA-compliant and tuned for NVRs, video surveillance systems and monitoring applications that demand consistent write performance and reduced frame loss during AI processing. Install it in security servers or network video recorders to centralize archives, accelerate forensic searches and simplify long-term retention. Upgrade your surveillance storage with Seagate reliability and keep your monitoring infrastructure running—ideal for security integrators, data centers and SOCs requiring dependable, high-capacity drives.

• Massive 16TB capacity centralizes months of footage and large video archives to reduce drive swaps and simplify retention
• Optimized for AI-enabled surveillance: engineered for continuous recording and video analytics to minimize dropped frames
• Fast SATA 6Gb/s interface with up to 250 MB/s read and 256MB cache for rapid playback, search and export of recorded video
• NDAA-compliant, 3.5in form factor for easy integration into NVRs and enterprise video surveillance systems
• Enterprise-class reliability for 24/7 monitoring environments, lowering maintenance and downtime for security operations