Seagate Skyhawk Surveillance ST2000VX008 2TB SATA 6.0GB/s 64MB Hard Drive (3.5 inch)

For my home security camera system, I ordered via Amazon a Seagate Skyhawk 2TB Surveillance ST2000VX017-3CV1. It replaced a Seagate Skyhawk Lite unit which failed after 4+ years. It arrived on 1/12. I installed it on 1/13. The system recognized it immediately and all was required was a format. A minute later it started recording automatically and is still operational after 24 hours. Surveillance-built units record at a higher speed to prevent "skipping". The tech at the DVR/NVR company recommended a PC-built HDD...not up to par for DVR/NVR systems. Will update this post if the unit fails sooner than the warranty.

I bought this to replace a failing HDD in a NVR and it works great. Plug and play.

For an HDD that is on 24/7 it did great. I think compared to the competition this is the better bang for the buck. Only thing to be aware of is third party warranties...

This drive is specifically formulated for NVR. Using it on a Reolink Home Base Pro NVR and it's been working fine, and it's quiet

I just bought a 2 TB Skyhawk for a small NVR and camera system I just purchased. I also purchased a 2 TB WD Purple drive, and decided to install one of these in the NVR and the other in a USB enclosure attached to the NVR as a backup. I ended up putting the Purple in the USB enclosure and set the Skyhawk as the installed drive inside the NVR, based on reviews here and some reviews of the WD Purple, which claimed video sometimes stuttered. I have always been a fan of Seagate drives, though some of the Seagate desktop drives, though making little seek/head noise, can vibrate more than their WD counterparts. This is an issue I have NOT seen in the Seagate NAS drives, of which I have several (Ironwolf and last generation NAS, also). These are the first surveillance-specific drives I have purchased.This Skyhawk is QUIET, probably one of the quietest drives I have ever used - you can barely heard it at all, even when pressing your ear against the NVR enclosure. Like the NAS drives, there is no vibration, either. I love my HGST NAS drives and had a couple extras, but they're not the quietest drives on the market, and didn't want something hammering away that you can hear two rooms down inside an NVR. The good reviews have given me confidence this will be a great drive for the long haul.

Worked good for us

I've only had the drive for less than 24 hours so I can't really rate it. I just wanted to share this experience.The WD hard drive in my Samsung sdr-b74301 went bad and instead of repairing it again I chose to buy a seagate.After installing the drive into the dvr you go into settings to format the drive. The dvr would say the drive is formatted. The dvr status would still show the drive as unformatted.After several attempts I put the drive in an external enclosure. Hooked it to my PC. Went to disk management. Initiated the drive. Them chose to format it. The drive must be formatted in exfat.Then I reinstalled the drive into the dvr. It showed unformatted disk. Then I went to settings and formatted again through the dvr and everything went well.Not really a review but just some instructions if anyone runs into this issue.

I bought this for my security systems DVR, installed Feb.1st 2022 and now I noticed it is no longer recognized in my DVR....I took it out of DVR and tried to read the drive hooked into my computer and it is not recognized there either....DEAD DRIVE. So I go to the Seagate website, signed up and put in the serial number of the drive, it said warranty was good for another year. I tried everything I could to get a warranty started but their website is all messed up, endless loop asking me to sign in and enter serial number, then I finally got to a page that was all scrambled and had no clue what to do at that point. Screw it, I will just take it to the recycling center in my area and will look for a better brand hard drive.