The 12TB Exos X24 7200 rpm SAS III 12 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 SAS III 12 Gb/s interface for data transfer rates of up to 285 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 12TB 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
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