Toshiba has launched the S300 AI, a next-generation surveillance HDD designed for modern AI-driven video applications. Built for high-resolution capture, analysis, and storage, the S300 AI HDD offers higher capacities, improved performance, and enterprise-grade durability to handle demanding AI surveillance workloads.
With capacities from 8 TB to 24 TB, the S300 AI supports large-scale, continuous recording and retention for AI video analytics servers and storage, centralized data storage, archives and recovery infrastructure, and multi-bay RAID setups. This combination of scale, speed, and endurance makes it an effective solution for storing and processing massive volumes of video and analytical data generated by AI-enabled surveillance systems.
“The surveillance market is rapidly evolving, with AI analytics driving new requirements for storage performance, capacity, and reliability,” said Larry Martinez-Palomo, Vice President and Head of the Storage Products Division, at Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH. “With the 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.”
Optimized performance for AI workloads
The S300 AI is tuned to handle the additional random access introduced by AI workloads, ensuring rapid video data retrieval for precise real-time AI analytics and insights.
High scalability for modern surveillance
The S300 AI can handle up to 64 high-resolution camera streams plus 32 AI streams, making it easy to scale for AI-driven surveillance. Its large capacities and optimized design support continuous recording across sectors like transportation, manufacturing, smart cities, healthcare, finance, and logistics.
Enterprise-grade reliability
With an annual workload rating of 550 TB and a mean time to failure (MTTF) of up to 2.5 million hours, the S300 AI is built to operate 24/7 in mission-critical environments. Furthermore, Toshiba backs the hard disk drives with a 5-year limited warranty, underscoring their durability and their suitability for the most demanding surveillance applications.
The 8 TB and 10 TB capacities of the S300 AI will be available starting this month, with 14 TB, 16 TB, 18 TB, 20 TB, 22 TB, and 24 TB capacities following in Q1 2026.
More information on the S300 AI can be found here.
