Seagate Exos 16TB Enterprise HDD X18 SATA 6Gb/s 512e/4Kn 7200 RPM 256MB Cache 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (ST16000NM000J)
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.
Maximum Storage Capacity for Highest Rack Space Efficiency
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

Capacity
16TB
Features
Helium Sealed-Drive Design
Yes
Conventional Magnetic Recording (CMR)
Yes
Protection Information (T10 DIF)

SuperParity
Yes
Low Halogen
Yes
PowerChoice Idle Power Technology
Yes
PowerBalance Power/Performance Technology
Yes
Hot-Plug Support
Yes
Cache, Multisegmented (MB)
256
Organic Solderability Preservative
Yes
RSA 3072 Firmware Verification (SD and D)
Yes
Reliability/Data Integrity
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF, hours)
2,500,000
Reliability Rating at Full 24x7 Operation (AFR)
0.35%
Nonrecoverable Read Errors per Bits Read
1 sector per 10E15
Power-On Hours per Year (24x7)
8760
512e Sector Size (Bytes per Sector)
512
4Kn Sector Size (Bytes per Sector)
4096
Performance
Spindle Speed (RPM)
7200RPM
Interface Access Speed (Gb/s)
6.0, 3.0
Max. Sustained Transfer Rate OD (MB/s,MiB/s)
270/258
Random Read/Write 4K QD16 WCD (IOPS)
170/550
Average Latency (ms)
4.16
Interface Ports
Single
Rotation Vibration at 20-1500 Hz (rad/sec²)
12.5
Power Consumption
Idle A (W) Average
5.1W
Max Operating, Random Read/Write 4K/16Q (W)
9.4, 6.4
Power Supply Requirements
+12 V and +5 V
Environmental
Temperature, Operating (^oC)
5^oC 60^oC
Vibration, Nonoperating: 2 to 500Hz (Grms)
2.27
Shock, Operating 2ms (Read/Write) (Gs)
50
Shock, Nonoperating 2ms (Gs)
200
Item Dimension (L"xW"xH")
2 x 5 x 6

Weight
1.48 lbs

Warranty Information
5 years