Seagate Launches SkyHawk AI hard disk drive (HDD)
Seagate announced today its SkyHawk AI hard disk drive (HDD), the first drive created specifically for artificial intelligence (AI) enabled video surveillance solutions. SkyHawk AI provides bandwidth and processing power to manage always-on, data-intensive workloads, while simultaneously analyzing and recording footage from multiple HD cameras.
Analytics on video surveillance hardware is growing exponentially, forecasted to increase from 27.6 million shipments in 2016 to 126 million shipments in 2021 (Cropley, 2017), as hardware manufacturers continue to include analytics sensors on network video recorders (NVRs). This will only increase as AI - particularly deep learning and machine learning applications, such as facial recognition and analyzing irregularities in behavior - become increasingly prevalent. In parallel, the need for fast video analytics will continue to rise, increasing the workload burden on NVR storage.
SkyHawk AI is ideal for intensive computational workloads that typically accompany AI work streams, as its high throughput and enhanced caching deliver low latency and excellent random read performance to quickly locate and deliver video images and footage analysis. This enables on-the-edge decision making, eliminating the latency of exchanging cloud-based data and processing. Equipped with Seagate ImagePerfect AI firmware, the drive reliably records high quality, sharp video footage with no dropped frames, while simultaneously facilitating AI-enabled NVR analytics - ensuring that intelligence gathered through video surveillance footage is not lost.
"As smart cities, smart transportation, and other surveillance programs become more prevalent, the number of surveillance nodes has reached the hundreds of thousands. Due to the widespread use of high-definition monitoring, the amount of data required in security surveillance has dramatically increased. The efficient collection, analysis, and application of data is becoming ever more critical," said Guo Xudong, deputy general manager of domestic sales & marketing, Hikvision. "We are excited that Seagate will launch the industry's first AI optimized surveillance drive which will enable us to efficiently manage data storage and processing challenges, including, but not limited to, our DeepinMind NVR series."
"Video analytics has been evolving over the past 10 years and is garnering a lot of attention these days due to the use of AI. Dahua Technology made an early start in AI applications and has since made several achievements in the industry, for example, the newly launched IVSS series," said Yang Shengwei, products and solutions director, Domestic Sales Operation Center of Dahua Technology. "As a strategic partner, Seagate's advanced technology will help Dahua to reach a new top in the AI field. We hope with the newly launched SkyHawk AI drive we can boost the AI application across the surveillance industry."
"With the rapid advancement of IoT, cloud computing, and big data, we're entering an intelligent security era. AI is now prevalent in the security market and will be driving the development of the industry in coming years," said Li Lin, vice president of Uniview. "Data storage is a key factor for surveillance and we believe with the SkyHawk AI drive we can optimize the performance of Uniview's systems and increase value for our clients."
Pricing and Availability
SkyHawk AI is now shipping to customers worldwide through appointed authorized distributors.
Every SkyHawk AI drive is covered by a 5-year limited warranty, and is bundled with a 2-year coverage from Seagate Rescue Services. The SkyHawk AI hard drive is available in both 10TB and 8TB capacities and has a Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) in the U.S. of $449.99 and $349.99, respectively.
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looking at the the case it is helium based hdd
price wise not that bad, but then in this case wonder if this hdd price/cost-performance worth over SSD ?
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an "AI" hard drive, now I heard everything. AI is most abused acronym of 2017.
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i will wait for the Ai Gaming Led RGB version !

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While you might laugh at AI. People in industry actually buy all that AI named crap.
The only real AI I witnessed is Dota2 bot created by Open AI. This bot taught it self to duel mid lane in dota2 and trashed pro players within limited rules.
All other AI crapware I saw is basically analyzing / simulating data and making conclusions out of it. Nothing new, just fancy word.
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Now Seagate is starting to get really ridiculous just has bad Western Digital