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Seagate 2TB SkyHawk HDD Surveillance Internal CCTV Hard Drive (ST2000VX008)

Seagate is developing the SkyHawk hard drives specifically for use in surveillance systems such as network video recorders and DVR surveillance systems. A special firmware ensures that up to 64 HD cameras can be recorded simultaneously.The features of the Seagate SkyHawk 2 TB Surveillance HDD at a glance:- Specially designed for use in video surveillance systems- 2TB of storage and 180 MB / s data throughput- 5,900 revolutions per minute- 64 MB cache- 1,000,000 hours MTBFSeagate SkyHawk: hard drive for video surveillance systemsThis two-terabyte version of the SkyHawk HDD series (2TB = 2,000GB) has been specifically designed for continuous operation, and developers were particularly keen to use video surveillance systems. The hard drive has to do two things: first it has to be extremely reliable, second it has to be fast to record video streams lossless.The 3.5-inch HDD is rugged and durable, and is therefore being promoted by Seagate with an enormous MTBF of one million hours. On the other hand, thanks to the 64 MB cache , SATA 6G interface and 5,900 rpm , the HDD is very fast (up to 180 MB / scontinuous data throughput), so that even multiple camera streams (up to 64 cameras) can be recorded simultaneously.Technical details:- Dimensions: 101.85 x 26.11 x 146.99 mm (W x H x D)- Format: 3.5 inches- Weight: about 610 g- Capacity: 2 TB- Speed: 5,900 rpm- Cache: 64 MB- Data transfer rate: max. 180 MB / s- Mean lifetime (MTBF): 1 million hours- Connection: SATA 6G- Power consumption (average / no-load): 5.6 / 4 W- Operating temperature: 0 – 70 ° C