Seagate SkyHawk AI ST8000VE001 8TB Surveillance Hard Drive

Is the Seagate SkyHawk AI ST8000VE001 8TB worth buying?

The Seagate SkyHawk AI ST8000VE001 8TB Surveillance Hard Drive is a surveillance hard drive. It is best for continuous recording in an NVR or surveillance NAS.

There is no current Amazon price for it: it is out of stock or our last price check failed.

How many days of footage will it hold?

At 8TB, recording around the clock at 15 fps with H.265 and keeping a 25% margin, it holds about 25 days for four 4K cameras, 12 days for eight 4K cameras and 51 days for four 2K cameras.

Motion-only recording stretches each figure about three times further. When the drive fills, the recorder overwrites the oldest footage automatically.

The calculator above works out the figure for your own cameras and settings.

Will it fit my recorder or camera?

It is a standard 3.5-inch drive. Of the recorders and kits we track, 12 accept an 8TB drive, including the eufy HomeBase S380 (HomeBase 3) and Reolink RLN8-410 8-Port PoE NVR. Check your recorder's largest supported drive before you buy.

Why a surveillance drive rather than a desktop drive?

Recorders write video around the clock from several cameras at once. Surveillance drives are built and rated for that constant writing, while desktop drives are built for bursts of use and wear out sooner in a recorder. The price difference is small next to losing the footage you bought the system for.

Is now a good time to buy?

There is no live Amazon price right now, so we cannot judge timing. Check back after the next price check, which runs every six hours.

Should you buy the Seagate SkyHawk AI ST8000VE001 8TB?

It is the right buy for continuous recording in an NVR or surveillance NAS.

Skip it if your recorder has no free drive bay.

When it is back in stock the button below will return. Until then, the alternatives above are the closest live options, and the finder scores any of them against your own property.