Seagate Skyhawk 8TB Video Internal Hard Drive Specifications
The Seagate Skyhawk 8TB Video Internal Hard Drive is a surveillance hard drives from Seagate listed at $309.99. Doubling the drive doubles the retention, and retention is the specification people regret after the one event they needed it for.
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 8 TB |
| Stated infrared range | not published |
What the manufacturer states
These are the maker's own listing bullets, kept as the citable source for the specifications above rather than paraphrased into claims we cannot attribute.
- Built for video DVR and NVR security camera systems, SkyHawk delivers video-optimized storage.
- Support workloads of up to 180TB/year, that's 64 simultaneously streaming HD cameras with zero dropped frames.
- Built-in RV sensors allow drives to maintain performance in multi-bay systems, offering the flexibility to scale systems when more storage is needed.
- Lower power consumption reduces heat emissions and improves reliability, plus, drives can easily be monitored with SkyHawk Health Management.
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Common questions
How far can the Seagate Skyhawk 8TB Video Internal Hard Drive identify someone?
Seagate does not publish both a sensor resolution and a focal length for this product, and DORI distance cannot be derived without both. Rather than estimate one, this sheet leaves it out. If you have the manufacturer datasheet to hand, the DORI calculator on this site works the distance out from those two figures directly.
What is the infrared range of the Seagate Skyhawk 8TB Video Internal Hard Drive?
Seagate does not publish an infrared range for this product, so this site does not state one. An invented figure would be worse than no figure, because a reader would plan a camera position around it. Where a maker does publish a range, treat it as the distance its own lamp reaches in ideal conditions rather than the distance at which a face stays identifiable.
What specifications does Seagate publish for this product?
Capacity: 8 TB. Everything in the table on this page is taken from the manufacturer listing rather than measured by us. Any row shown as not published is a figure this maker does not state, and this site will not fill that gap with an estimate.
Is the Seagate Skyhawk 8TB Video Internal Hard Drive worth buying?
Doubling the drive doubles the retention, and retention is the specification people regret after the one event they needed it for. This site does not test products in person, so that assessment comes from the published specifications, the applicable standards and verified owner reports rather than from hands-on trials we did not run. Prices change often, so check the current listing before deciding.
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Specifications are published figures, not measurements we took. This site does not test products in person. Where a maker does not publish a figure, such as a true infrared range or a low light rating, this page says it is not published rather than estimating one, because a reader planning a camera position around an invented number is the worst outcome this site could produce.