Seagate Exos X18 enterprise hard drive
With massive capacity and innovative technology advancements, this Exos X18 enterprise hard drive is engineered to address the needs of the hyperscale storage market. The helium sealed drive design replaces air with helium inside the drive, to reduce air turbulence and allow more platters to fit in the same 3.5" form factor. Boasting SATA 6 Gbps host interface, 7200 RPM spinning speed, and 256 MB Cache, this 18 TB drive delivers Max. sustained transfer rate of 270 MB/s. And capable of 24x7 operation, the Seagate Exos X18 is a perfect high-reliability solution for servers, storage systems, and business-centric NAS systems.
Superior Reliability
Enterprise-class drive with a 550TB/year workload rating and 2.5M-hr MTBF can meet the most demanding storage requirements.
Customizable Power Options
PowerChoice and PowerBalance for optimized power consumption when in use and idle customizable to fit your needs.
Amazing Performance
Advanced Write Caching coupled with up to 270MB/s data transfer rates provides a boost in performance without compromising on capacity.
Scalable
- Highest 18TB hard drive performance with enhanced caching, making it perfect for cloud data center and massive scale-out data center applications.
- Maximize rack storage with fewer drives per rack and slot overhead per petabyte.
Responsive
- Get up to 270 MB/s data transfer rates for quick and reliable migration of massive amounts of data.
- Digital environmental sensors to monitor internal drive conditions for optimal operation and performance.
Innovative
- Next-generation helium side-sealing weld technology for added handling robustness and leak protection.
- PowerBalance and PowerChoice features optimize Watts/TB to lower TCO.
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