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Seagate · Surveillance drive · ST8000VE001

Seagate SkyHawk AI 8TB

A surveillance drive, made for CCTV recorders that write video all day, and Seagate gives it no NAS bay rating.

Capacity
8 TB
Recording
CMR
Speed
7,200 rpm
Warranty
5 years
Workload
550 TB/yr
Failure rate
No failure data

Good for

  • A CCTV recorder (NVR or DVR)
  • 5 years' warranty

Not for

  • A NAS (Seagate gives it no NAS rating)
  • A desk or bedroom (7,200 rpm is the louder class)

Updated 27 Oct 2026 · Method 2.0

Should you buy the SkyHawk AI 8 TB?

If you're filling a camera recorder, this is what it's made for. We list it because surveillance drives show up in any price-per-TB hunt. For a NAS array, though, you'd be running it off its rating. Seagate backs it for five years, which is a long time in drive terms.

Watch out for

Seagate doesn't rate it for NAS use at all, which rules it out for an array as far as we're concerned. At 7,200 rpm it's from the louder, warmer class. Fine in a cupboard, less fun on a desk.

There's no Backblaze data worth quoting here. On paper it makes 28 dB at idle and 32 dB seeking. Seagate lists 7.4 W at idle and 8.8 W working, which comes to 65 kWh a year for a drive that idles around the clock.