(as of Feb 02,2023 15:26:20 UTC – Details)
Seagate manufactures hard drives that specifically address the demand for hyperscale cloud scalability. As the flagship of Seagate’s X-class, the Exos X18 Enterprise drives are the highest-capacity drives in the fleet.
Maximum storage capacity for maximum rack space efficiency
Market-leading 18TB hard drive with the highest capacity available for more petabytes per rack1
Extremely reliable performance with improved 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
The PowerBalance feature optimizes Watts/TB
Maximize total cost of ownership savings through lower power consumption and lighter weight with a helium-sealed drive design
Proven helium side seal welding technology for added handling robustness and leak protection
Digital environmental sensors to monitor internal drive conditions for optimal operation and performance
Privacy and Security – Seagate Secure features for secure, affordable, fast and easy hard drive decommissioning
Proven enterprise-class reliability backed by a 2.5 million hour MTBF rating
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 Monitoring
14TB Capacity 7200RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5″ Enterprise Hard Drive
Engineered for 24/7/365 operation, high performance hard drive. Enterprise-class reliability backed by a 2.5 million hour MTBF rating.
Standard model FastFormat (512e/4Kn), sealed helium drive design, PowerBalance feature optimizes Watts/TB
Best-Fit Applications: Data Center Storage, Server Storage, Surveillance Storage, Network Attached Storage (NAS), Enterprise RAID Storage Arrays, Enterprise Backup and Recovery,
Factory recertified, no bad sectors (as good as new HDD)