Seagate Exos X18 18TB 3.5" Enterprise HDD
Specs
Described by Seagate
Exos X18 HDD 512E/4KN SATA, 18TB, 3.5", 7200 RPM, 256 MB cache, NO ENCRYPTION
Seagate manufactures hard drives that specifically address the demand for hyperscale cloud scalability. As the flagship of the Seagate® X class, the Exos® X18 enterprise hard drives are the highest-capacity hard drives in the fleet.
Market-leading 18TB HDD offering the highest capacity available for more petabytes per rack
Highly reliable performance with enhanced caching, making it the logical choice for cloud data center and massive scale-out data center applications
Hyperscale SATA model tuned for large data transfers and low latency
PowerBalance™ feature optimizes Watts/TB
Maximize total cost of ownership savings through lower power and weight with helium sealed-drive design
Proven helium side-sealing weld technology for added handling robustness and leak protection
Digital environmental sensors to monitor internal drive conditions for optimal operation and performance
Data protection and security— Seagate Secure™ features for safe, affordable, fast, and easy drive retirement
Proven enterprise-class reliability backed by 5-year limited warranty and 2.5M-hr MTBF rating
Best-Fit Applications
- Scalable hyperscale applications/cloud data centers
- Massive scale-out data centers
- Big data applications
- High-capacity density RAID storage
- Mainstream enterprise external storage arrays
- Distributed file systems, including Hadoop and Ceph
- Enterprise backup and restore— D2D, virtual tape
- Centralized surveillance
Specifications
| Cache | 256MB |
| Capacity | 18TB |
| Form Factor | 3.5" |
| Interface | SATA 6Gb/s |
| Misc. | |
| Product Family | Exos |
| RPM | 7200RPM |
| Series | Exos X18 |
| Warranty | 5 Years Limited |
| Weight | 670g |
| Bytes per Sector | 512 |
| Max. Sustained Transfer Rate OD (MB/s, Mib/s) | 270/258 |
Environmental
| Shock, Nonoperating 2ms (Gs) | 200 |
| Shock, Operating 2 ms Read/Write (Gs) | 50 |
| Temperature, Operating | 5°C – 60°C |
Power Consumption
| Idle Power, Average (W) | 5.3W |
| Max Operating, Random Read/Write 4K/1 QD 16 WCD (IOPS) | 170/550 |
| Power Supply Requirements | +12 V and +5 V |
Reliability/Data Integrity
| MTBF | 2,500,000 hours |
| Power-On Hours per Year | 8760 |
| Reliability Rating @ Full 24?7 Operation (AFR) | 0.35% |
Identifiers
| Type | Internal HDD |
|---|---|
| Brand | Seagate |
| Series | Exos X18 |
| Model | Seagate Exos X18 18TB 3.5" Enterprise HDD |
| MPN | ST18000NM000J |
| Barcode | 0763649138878 |