SEAGATE EXOS X24 16TB SATA 6Gb/s ISE 3.5inch Hard drive - ST16000NM002H

Because of their powerful performance and proven technology, Seagate's Exos X24 3.5" Internal Hard Drives are the cornerstone of data storage solutions worldwide. These drives are built on a platform that has shipped millions globally and have been deployed in leading cloud service provider solutions, making them the most sought-after drives in the data sphere. Designed for superior reliability, these enterprise-class drives boast a 550TB/year workload rating and a 2.5M -hour Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), ensuring they can meet the most demanding storage requirements. They are also protected with Seagate Secure, offering extreme market-leading capacity and earning customer confidence by delivering trusted peace of mind.

The Exos X24 drives are not just reliable, but also efficient. They offer consistent performance with low latency and repeatable response times, thanks to their advanced write caching. This, coupled with up to 285MB/s data transfer rates, provides a significant boost in performance without compromising on capacity. To ensure optimal power consumption, these drives come with customizable PowerChoice and PowerBalance options. These features allow for optimized power consumption when in use and idle, making them customizable to fit your needs. In terms of data security, the Exos X24 drives come equipped with Seagate Instant Secure Erase.

This feature ensures safe, affordable, fast, and easy drive retirement. These drives are scalable, designed to run big data applications to meet hyperscale demands. They support data analytics capabilities and other dense architectures for the highest rack-space efficiency. They are also cost-effective, offering the lowest cost per terabyte. The Exos X24 3.5" Internal Hard Drives are best suited for 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, and centralized surveillance.