Seagate 18TB Exos X18 7200 rpm SATA III 6 Gb/s 3.5" Internal HDD (OEM)

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Seagate 18TB Exos X18 7200 rpm SATA III 6 Gb/s 3.5" Internal HDD (OEM)
Key Features
  • 18TB Storage Capacity
  • 3.5" Form Factor
  • SATA III 6 Gb/s Interface
  • 256MB Cache
The 18TB Exos X18 7200 rpm SATA III 6 Gb/s 3.5" Internal HDD from Seagate is a high-performance, large-capacity drive designed for data storage. It's suitable for engineering workstations, network servers, mainframes, supercomputers, and other demanding tasks that require 24/7 operation. This 7200-rpm drive utilizes the SATA III 6 Gb/s interface for data transfer rates of up to 270 MB/s. Moreover, as a professional-grade drive, it has an MTBF rating of 2.5 million hours as well as built-in digital sensors to ensure optimal performance, PowerBalance for lower power consumption, and a helium seal for lower power, weight, and increased durability and leak protection.
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Seagate X16 Internal HDD Overview

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The 18TB Exos X18 7200 rpm SATA III 6 Gb/s 3.5" Internal HDD from Seagate is a high-performance, large-capacity drive designed for data storage. It's suitable for engineering workstations, network servers, mainframes, supercomputers, and other demanding tasks that require 24/7 operation. This 7200-rpm drive utilizes the SATA III 6 Gb/s interface for data transfer rates of up to 270 MB/s. Moreover, as a professional-grade drive, it has an MTBF rating of 2.5 million hours as well as built-in digital sensors to ensure optimal performance, PowerBalance for lower power consumption, and a helium seal for lower power, weight, and increased durability and leak protection.

Maximum Storage Capacity for Highest Rack Space Efficiency
This 18TB drive offers high capacity 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 optimizes watts per terabyte
Maximize total cost of ownership savings through lower power and weight with a helium sealed-drive design
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 a limited 5-year warranty and 2.5 million hour MTBF rating
Best-Fit Applications
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
UPC: 763649138878

Seagate X16 Internal HDD Specs

Key Specs
Storage Capacity
18 TB SATA III (6 Gb/s) 3.5" HDD (7200 rpm)
Read Speed
Maximum: 270 MB/s
Random: 170 IOPS 4 kB Files
Write Speed
Random: 550 IOPS 4 kB Files
Read Speed
Maximum: 270 MB/s
Random: 170 IOPS 4 kB Files
Write Speed
Random: 550 IOPS 4 kB Files
Latency
4.1 ms
Reliability / Data Integrity
Encryption
No
Electrical
Power Draw
5.3 W (Idle)
9.4 W (Max)
6.4 W (Active)
General
Dimensions
5.78 x 4.01 x 1.02" / 146.81 x 101.85 x 25.91 mm
Weight
1.48 lb / 0.67 kg
Packaging Info
Package Weight
1.75 lb
Box Dimensions (LxWxH)
8.8 x 6.1 x 3"

Seagate X16 Internal HDD Reviews

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How are these for traveling? I'm planning on ...

How are these for traveling? I'm planning on using with HD enclosure for field video editing huge 4k capacity videos (10+tb) that no SSD has.
Asked by: Rich
Solid fast and reliable but do remember if you are using on the field you will need an external power source being that this is not a 2.5 nor SSD drive which can run directly off your laptop USB port
Answered by: Vincent
Date published: 2022-03-03

Is this ok to use in a NAS device for a video ...

Is this ok to use in a NAS device for a video editing server?
Asked by: Matthew
Yes. The drive will perform very well for you in that sort of application.
Answered by: LaCie Product Support
Date published: 2021-08-20

Will this fit or work with a QNAP TL-R1620SEP-RP ...

Will this fit or work with a QNAP TL-R1620SEP-RP 16-Bay SAS-3 / SATA III JBOD Expansion Enclosure?
Asked by: Juan
Yes, the Seagate Exos drive is compatible with your QNAP enclosure.
Answered by: Geoffrey
Date published: 2022-03-21

I am looking at this drive and the Seagate ...

I am looking at this drive and the Seagate Barracuda pro, both in 14tb. I know this drive is supposed to be for enterprise, but its only $348 vs $500 for the Barracuda Pro. So would it be ok to use this drive in a personal computer for photo and video files, along with some games? I also keep my computer on 24/7 to do backups, virus scans, updates and general maintenance during the night if that matters.
Asked by: Chris
Its a good drive with solid speeds, not as fast as an SSD but should work fine for your uses.
Answered by: Bennie
Date published: 2023-08-24

Is this better than Seagate IronWolf Pro for ...

Is this better than Seagate IronWolf Pro for synology DS1819+?
Asked by: Bakur
EXOS is enterprise level with higher MTBF ratings.
Answered by: Reuben
Date published: 2022-06-10

What is the diffrence btween a SAS 3 and SATA 3?

What is the diffrence btween a SAS 3 and SATA 3?
Asked by: Ronald
SAS and SATA are two different interface, or plug types, made for different use cases and required transfer speeds.
Answered by: Michael
Date published: 2021-10-24

Would this work in a OWC ThunderBay 4 48TB 4-Bay ...

Would this work in a OWC ThunderBay 4 48TB 4-Bay Thunderbolt 3 RAID 5 Array? What kind of performance for video editing can I expect?
Asked by: Pallavi
first off RAID5 is a bad idea with size of these drives and time it takes to rebuild. if you review the chances of failure with large drives such as these and times it takes to rebuild. you will see you have a roughly 2 percent of complete raid failure in 5 years and 4% in 10 years. if you use RAID 6 instead the probability goes down to zero. I strongly suggest using RAID6 to store important data. expect around 249 MB/s for RAID6 and 349 MB/s for RAID5
Answered by: Adam
Date published: 2021-09-06

What is the warranty? Is this the retail version?

What is the warranty? Is this the retail version?
Asked by: Henry
5 yr, verified after registering with seagate
Answered by: Ken
Date published: 2021-01-24
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