Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation has introduced the S300 AI, a new generation of surveillance hard disk drives (HDDs) designed to support artificial intelligence (AI)-driven video applications. The drives aim to address the rising storage and performance demands of modern surveillance systems that rely on real-time analytics and high-resolution video capture.
Available in capacities from 8TB to 24TB, the S300 AI series is purpose-built for continuous, large-scale recording in AI video analytics servers, centralized surveillance systems, and multi-bay RAID configurations. The drives combine higher data throughput, scalability, and endurance, making them suitable for applications requiring long-term video storage and rapid data retrieval for AI analysis.
“The surveillance market is rapidly evolving, with AI analytics driving new requirements for storage performance, capacity, and reliability,” said Koji Sakamoto, Senior Director of Storage Products Sales & Marketing Division at Toshiba. “With S300 AI, Toshiba continues to expand and tailor its HDD range to meet these demands — delivering higher capacities, enhanced performance, and enterprise-grade durability purpose-built for AI workloads.”
The S300 AI series is optimized to manage the random access patterns typical of AI-driven video workloads, improving responsiveness and data access speed during real-time analytics. Each drive can support up to 64 high-resolution camera streams and 32 additional AI processing streams, enabling scalable deployment across diverse surveillance environments such as transportation, smart cities, manufacturing, healthcare, and financial services.
Engineered for 24/7 operation, the drives offer an annual workload rating of 550TB and a mean time to failure (MTTF) of up to 2.5 million hours, according to Toshiba. The company also provides a five-year limited warranty, highlighting the product’s suitability for mission-critical and always-on systems.
The S300 AI Surveillance HDD lineup is expected to be available through major retailers and distributors in the first quarter of 2026, reinforcing Toshiba’s position in the surveillance storage segment as AI continues to reshape data-intensive industries.
