Skyhawk 3.5" 6000 Gb Serial

The Seagate SkyHawk ST6000VX009 is a 6TB 3.5-inch hard drive for video surveillance storage, suitable for use in network video recorders and video DVRs.

It connects over SATA 6Gb/s and uses CMR recording. The model is specified for systems with up to 64 cameras and up to 16 drive bays, making it useful for surveillance setups that consolidate multiple video feeds and disks. Built-in rotational vibration sensors support operation in multi-bay systems.

A 256MB cache and maximum sustained transfer rate of 180MB/s are specified for this model. Seagate designs SkyHawk drives for always-on surveillance workloads of 180TB per year.