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01 October, 2014

Seagate launches Surveillance hard disk for surveillance and video analytics

Seagate Technology, a storage solutions provider, has taken the wraps off what it says is the industry’s first dedicated surveillance hard disk drive (HDD) featuring Seagate Rescue services. The Seagate Surveillance HDD is designed specifically for surveillance and video analytics applications, and employs data recovery services to restore data from malice or accidental failure.

Source: Seagate. The Surveillance HDD.
“Over 413 petabytes of data are produced in just one day by video surveillance cameras installed worldwide in 2013* — that’s 150,000 petabytes of data every year, most of which are stored on high-capacity surveillance systems for archive or video analytics purposes,” said Scott Horn, Seagate VP of marketing. 

“That data is invaluable to the user to either meet industry regulations or leverage for content analysis or security— so when data loss occurs it’s an expense to the customer. Seagate’s Surveillance HDD with Rescue services addresses this issue head on and alleviates these concerns.”

Seagate Rescue services can typically restore data within two weeks depending on the type of recovery— with up to a greater than 90% success rate in data recovery. Activated at time of purchase, the rescue plan provides three years of data recovery at the fraction of what it would cost to recover data lost due to anything from computer viruses to natural disasters and more.

“Over 50% of users who had an accident with their drive have experienced data loss,” said Balaji Thangaraj, VP for research at Boston Analytics. “The Seagate Surveillance HDD with Seagate Rescue Services provides consumers and system integrators alike with the critical reliability they expect in an easy, affordable solution, enabling them to gain peace of mind that their content is protected.”

The drive is available at capacities of up to 6TB** and can store a maximum of 600 hours of high-definition (HD) content, making it the industry’s highest-capacity drive designed specifically for surveillance applications. Designed to scale video storage, the drive also incorporates options for rotational vibration (RV) sensors enabling it to reliably perform in systems with up to 16 drives, making it ideal for small-to-medium businesses who typically do not have IT support, but where bulk storage for HD video and backup is highly valued.

Designed to support surveillance recordings from a number of cameras no matter their resolution requirements, Surveillance HDD supports up to 32 channels and easily handles the higher write workloads required by surveillance systems. The drive supports large streaming workloads for longer periods of time meeting industry archive and resolution demands. These features, coupled with the optional rotational/vibrational (R/V) sensors and Seagate’s Rescue service, improve drive performance in multi-drive and RAID systems and increase the value of surveillance data by delivering the highest data integrity possible.

The Surveillance HDD has a 1 million hour mean time between failure (MTBF), allowing the product to be kept in the field longer while reducing the cost of field deployment and maintaining customer retention. The drive is also engineered for low power consumption and heat emissions for greater design flexibility.

Many of Seagate's video surveillance provider partners have already signed up to support the drive. 
“Seagate’s expansion not only into a new capacity but into a new business with their Rescue services is an exciting endeavour for both Seagate and Dahua,” said Lu Yacong, CTO of sales center, Dahua Technology, a China-based company which provides surveillance hardware among other solutions. “Systems reliability has always been a primary focus for us both, but Rescue services goes a step beyond allowing our customers the unique opportunity to protect their data from the unpredictable.”

“We have enjoyed great success with Seagate drives for years and are excited for the new potential of offering the Rescue services to Hikvision customers,” added Zheng Weirong, Product Manager at the China marketing center of Zhejiang-based Hikvision. “With the volume of video recordings growing, these services give our customers the extra confirmation they need to rest assured their data is safe.”

“As IP surveillance continues to grow, we are thrilled to expand our partnership with Seagate to introduce Seagate’s new 6TB Surveillance HDD with Rescue Services in our solutions,” said Shawn Ho, Senior Director of product marketing at Taiwan-headquartered NUUO, a provider of video surveillance systems. “The value of the data our customers store in our network video recorder (NVR) solutions is critical and Seagate’s new portfolio underlines their commitment to customers by offering the end user the peace of mind for the extra protection of their data.”

*IHS, October 2013
**The Seagate Surveillance HDD is available today in 1 to 4TB capacities. Surveillance HDD in 5 to 6TB configurations will be available in by the end of 2014.

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