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Big but occasionally noisy...

The drive itself is fine, passes all tests and functions as one would expect, it's just naturally noisier than one would expect. Also, when it arrived, like the one I sent back to the seller originally, it had problems with vibration so I had to add rubber shock absorbers and rubber bands to reduce vibration to hopefully solve the issues in the case. Obviously I solved my issues with vibration but not noise. Under load, you can't help but know the drive is running. It should be said it makes "normal hard drive noises" but it is quite loud. I'm still giving it the benefit of the doubt but this review could change at any point in the future...

Excellent for DVR applications

I purchased this drive to use with a DVR unit, in my case a Tivo. The drive the comes in the Tivo uses shingled magnetic recording, and it is very prone to failure when used in a DVR because of the constant rewriting. The Seagate uses standard recording, and is optimized for DVR and other video recording applications. I replaced the internal Tivo drive with this one and It has performed very well for me.

Excellent improvement

I only had 1 TB hard drive in my 4K home security system and would only get about a day worth of replay.With this new additional 10 TB I have 9 days and counting since I installed.This Seagate Skyhawk is the perfect solution.I just plugged it in and off I went.Very Happy.Fast delivery and well packaged.

Great drive for NVR

For those of us not having many cameras, buying smaller capacity surveillance cable drives still makes sense. At present, a 1TB drive is about the smallest I'd consider to be viable for that purpose. My NVR automatically configures drives for RAID configuration, so four of these 1TB drives were needed. This was the only drive that arrived in perfect condition on the first try. Mostly that's due to the fact that it was also the only one properly packed for shipment. It took 3 separate orders totally 6 drives to get just three working drives when ordered from another vendor via the "smile" site. Even the "smile" site gave up on trying to successfully fulfill my order after the vendor shipped a third attempt only to result in yet another failed drive. Kudos to VPCI for ... MoreFor those of us not having many cameras, buying smaller capacity surveillance cable drives still makes sense. At present, a 1TB drive is about the smallest I'd consider to be viable for that purpose. My NVR automatically configures drives for RAID configuration, so four of these 1TB drives were needed. This was the only drive that arrived in perfect condition on the first try. Mostly that's due to the fact that it was also the only one properly packed for shipment. It took 3 separate orders totally 6 drives to get just three working drives when ordered from another vendor via the "smile" site. Even the "smile" site gave up on trying to successfully fulfill my order after the vendor shipped a third attempt only to result in yet another failed drive. Kudos to VPCI for properly packing the drive! Thanks! I wouldn't hesitate to order a disk from you guys again!

It's a hard drive... quieter than expected.

If you need space for video recording these seem to be designed well for that purpose.My drive came in just an anti-static bag (no retail packaging). I have no idea if this is intended as the person on duty for live chat was unable to tell me. If this is important to you, I'd confirm it before ordering. That being said... It's a hard drive. If it is intended to come in bulk style packaging, it's not really that big a deal.I've been sitting about a foot from this drive. I can hear it, but I don't notice it unless I'm thinking about it. I didn't expect it to be that quite under load. So, that's good. This is a drive bay serving only one drive..... So, If you're doing an entire array of drives, your milage may vary.The only reasons I didn't give it 5 stars is ... MoreIf you need space for video recording these seem to be designed well for that purpose.My drive came in just an anti-static bag (no retail packaging). I have no idea if this is intended as the person on duty for live chat was unable to tell me. If this is important to you, I'd confirm it before ordering. That being said... It's a hard drive. If it is intended to come in bulk style packaging, it's not really that big a deal.I've been sitting about a foot from this drive. I can hear it, but I don't notice it unless I'm thinking about it. I didn't expect it to be that quite under load. So, that's good. This is a drive bay serving only one drive..... So, If you're doing an entire array of drives, your milage may vary.The only reasons I didn't give it 5 stars is because:a.) Uncertainty of packagingb.) The true test of a HD is longevity & it hasn't been that long yet.

Quality Surveillance Solution

I first installed this drive into my PC to make sure for stability/error testing and to make sure it performed adequately. I got around 180 MB/s Read & Write bandwidth from HD Tune Pro, which is very respectable for a platter HDD of this capacity. I live on a large property with three separate surveillance systems setup around the exterior, so I decided to use the SkyHawk drive as a backup for the footage. After using it for about 2 weeks it has performed superbly. Based on current capacity I estimate I have several months, maybe at least six or more, of space available for footage. I clean it out every week or so, it's more space than I need for now -- However if I decide to add extra cameras to the system, the extra space will become useful. This drive is clearly ... MoreI first installed this drive into my PC to make sure for stability/error testing and to make sure it performed adequately. I got around 180 MB/s Read & Write bandwidth from HD Tune Pro, which is very respectable for a platter HDD of this capacity. I live on a large property with three separate surveillance systems setup around the exterior, so I decided to use the SkyHawk drive as a backup for the footage. After using it for about 2 weeks it has performed superbly. Based on current capacity I estimate I have several months, maybe at least six or more, of space available for footage. I clean it out every week or so, it's more space than I need for now -- However if I decide to add extra cameras to the system, the extra space will become useful. This drive is clearly targeted at Enterprise implementations; large surveillance areas with possibly dozens of cameras and years of footage. The SkyHawk series was designed for 24/7 surveillance usage, meaning it is capable of handling always-on writes. In my experience it performs above and beyond and hopefully over the next few years it will continue to impress!

Store All The Things

This behemoth hard drive from Seagate specifically targets the video surveillance user. Seagate’s new “Guardian Series” drives feature high MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure), RVS (Rotational Vibration Sensors), huge amounts of cache, 7200 rpm spindle speed, and high workload ratings. The SkyHawk in particular also boasts enhanced ImagePerfect™ firmware. The series overall seems aimed at home or small business users who want huge, reliable storage, but aren’t necessarily setting up an enterprise level server. Pulling this bare drive out of its protective hot dog package, you realize it is something special. It’s got a heavy bulk to it that’s just different from other drives. It’s got your standard SATA and power connectors, along with the 4-pin jumper set that goes ... MoreThis behemoth hard drive from Seagate specifically targets the video surveillance user. Seagate’s new “Guardian Series” drives feature high MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure), RVS (Rotational Vibration Sensors), huge amounts of cache, 7200 rpm spindle speed, and high workload ratings. The SkyHawk in particular also boasts enhanced ImagePerfect™ firmware. The series overall seems aimed at home or small business users who want huge, reliable storage, but aren’t necessarily setting up an enterprise level server. Pulling this bare drive out of its protective hot dog package, you realize it is something special. It’s got a heavy bulk to it that’s just different from other drives. It’s got your standard SATA and power connectors, along with the 4-pin jumper set that goes unused. Installing the drive was mostly uneventful, save for missing two of the middle-side mount holes usually found on a 3.5” form factor drive. C’mon Seagate, really? You’d think at this level one wouldn’t need to one-screw-wonder the thing. Seagate makes the claim that the drive is optimized for recording up to 90% of the time and supporting up to 64 HD cameras. With a Workload Rating of 180TB per year, and MTBF of 1,000,000 hours, the SkyHawk should certainly have no problem handling that. Though it’s clear that the drive is marketed at the home or small business user who will likely not even approach those numbers. If you’re a user big enough to have 64 cameras, you’d likely spend the extra 20% it takes to snag Seagate’s Enterprise level drive dubbed “Helium”. The ImagePerfect firmware is a caching mechanism allowing for quick spin up of the drive when it’s needed (e.g. when a camera detects motion and needs to instantly start recording). The RVS helps with interference if you have lots of spinning drives in the system. This SkyHawk ST10000VX0004 was immediately slapped into an aging but capable i7 920 system with 8GB of RAM which serves DVR/NVR duty. Recording over-the-air TV and several 3MP IP cameras, this drive didn’t miss a beat and obviously provided a massive increase in storage potential (Thanks, DVR, for letting me know a year’s worth of HD video recording is now available). With a 64K allocation size, NTFS formatted, GPT partition, the drive shows 9.09TB available in Windows 7 (that’s 9,957,049,892,864 bytes for you nerds that understand). Multiple real world file copy tests showed this drive averaging around 120 MBps. Pretty reasonable for a spinning drive with 10TB of space. The SkyHawk’s closest direct competitor would be the Western Digital Purple series, which, while comparatively priced, has half the cache and spins at 5400 rpm. Overall this new drive from Seagate fills a great need for many home users who are constantly needing more and more fast, localized storage. The only ding is the missing mounting holes and that wasn't worth losing an entire egg over.

Works Well in NVR and DVR

It's funny, when I look up reviews for surveillance hard drives, almost no one actually does real world field testing. Just benchmarks. Which never tell the whole story. I only have 12 cameras, Seagate claims this drive can handle up to 64 but that's partial nonsense since I was experiencing dropped frames and other typical issues with this drive when it was alone. I imagine Seagate is thinking if put into RAID. And really, almost every modern drive can handle 12+ cameras when put into RAID. I think this drive is worth buying over faster drives for DVR/NVR applications but is it absolutely better than, say, a NAS drive with a better warranty? Hard to say with real world results versus paper. This drive's firmware definitely helped with more consistency in a ... MoreIt's funny, when I look up reviews for surveillance hard drives, almost no one actually does real world field testing. Just benchmarks. Which never tell the whole story. I only have 12 cameras, Seagate claims this drive can handle up to 64 but that's partial nonsense since I was experiencing dropped frames and other typical issues with this drive when it was alone. I imagine Seagate is thinking if put into RAID. And really, almost every modern drive can handle 12+ cameras when put into RAID. I think this drive is worth buying over faster drives for DVR/NVR applications but is it absolutely better than, say, a NAS drive with a better warranty? Hard to say with real world results versus paper. This drive's firmware definitely helped with more consistency in a multi-camera setup and I did get fewer dropped frames, on average, but I'm still left wanting better performance in that area. A good drive with a bit over zealous marketing jargon that relies on technical benchmarks instead of real world conditions, I'd say. Fairly useless benchmark, but I'm including it in case people are going to use this drive outside of DVR/NVR applications, which I'd advise against doing since Seagate's other drives are similar in price and better suited, in raw numbers, at least: Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) : 189.403 MB/s Sequential Write (Q= 32,T= 1) : 185.861 MB/s Random Read 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 1.101 MB/s [ 268.8 IOPS] Random Write 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 1.288 MB/s [ 314.5 IOPS] Sequential Read (T= 1) : 189.371 MB/s Sequential Write (T= 1) : 186.214 MB/s Random Read 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 0.519 MB/s [ 126.7 IOPS] Random Write 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 1.324 MB/s [ 323.2 IOPS]

[Rewarded Review] Does the job, bought on sale

Bought a few of these hard drives for a NVR system to replace a couple of Western Digital purple. We bought these instead of more Western Digital because they were on sale. We have been happy with both Seagate and Western Digital, usually purchasing whatever is on sale or cheaper in the capacity we require at the time. We haven't had issue or pre-mature problems with either.