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The Exos X18 is a high-capacity, enterprise-class drive with a workload rating of 550TB/year and a mean time between failures (MTBF) of 2.5 million hours, offering superior reliability for demanding storage requirements.
The Exos X18 features customizable power options with PowerChoice and PowerBalance. These features allow you to optimize power consumption when the drive is in use and when it's idle.
The Exos X18 offers advanced data security with password protection and AES-256 hardware encryption with Seagate Secure, ensuring that your data is safe and secure.
The Exos X18 optimizes your total cost of ownership (TCO) with the lowest cost per terabyte, making it a cost-effective solution for data-intensive operations.
The Exos X18 is ideal for big data applications, cloud data centers, massive scale-out data centers, high-capacity density RAID storage, mainstream enterprise external storage arrays, distributed file systems, enterprise backup and restore-D2D, virtual tape, and centralized surveillance.
Review Summary
10TB, 12TB, 14TB, 16TB, 18TB
SAS III 12 Gb/s, SATA III 6 Gb/s
Yes
Yes
SAS III 12 Gb/s: Yes
SATA III 6 Gb/s: No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
256
Yes
Yes
2500000
0.35% (@ Full 24 x7 Operation (AFR))
1 sector per 10E15
8760
SAS III 12 Gb/s: 512, 520, 528
SATA III 6 Gb/s: 512
SAS III 12 Gb/s: 4096, 4160, 4224
SATA III 6 Gb/s: 4096
7200RPM
SAS III 12 Gb/s: 12.0, 6.0, 3.0
SATA III 6 Gb/s: 6.0, 3.0
270 MB/s/258 MiB/s
170/550
4.16
SAS III 12 Gb/s: Dual
SATA III 6 Gb/s: Single
12.5 (rad/sq. sec)
SAS III 12 Gb/s (10TB): 4.9W
SAS III 12 Gb/s (12TB, 14TB): 5.0W
SAS III 12 Gb/s (16TB): 5.5W
SAS III 12 Gb/s (18TB): 5.6W
SATA III 6 Gb/s (10TB, 12TB): 4.4W
SATA III 6 Gb/s (14TB): 4.9W
SAS III 12 Gb/s (10TB): 9.0, 5.9 (4K/16Q (W))
SAS III 12 Gb/s (12TB): 9.1, 6.2 (4K/16Q (W))
SAS III 12 Gb/s (14TB): 9.1, 6.3 (4K/16Q (W))
SAS III 12 Gb/s (16TB): 9.6, 6.7 (4K/16Q (W))
SAS III 12 Gb/s (18TB): 9.8, 7.0 (4K/16Q (W))
SATA III 6 Gb/s (10TB): 8.6, 5.4 (4K/16Q (W))
SATA III 6 Gb/s (12TB): 8.6, 5.8 (4K/16Q (W))
SATA III 6 Gb/s (14TB): 9.2, 6.3 (4K/16Q (W))
+12 V and +5 V
41 Degree F to 140 Degree F (5 Degree C - 60 Degree C)
2.27 (Grms)
50
200
1.028 x 4.01 x 5.787" (101.85 x 101.85 x 147.0mm)
1.43 lbs (650g)
763649139004
Scalable. Responsive. Innovative
With Exos X18, you can support data analytics capabilities and other denser architectures for highest rack space efficiency.
Superior Reliability
Enterprise-class drives with a 550TB/year workload rating and 2.5M-hr MTBF to 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.
Advanced Data Security
Password protection and AES-256 hardware encryption with Seagate Secure-for drives you can depend on.
Scalable: Run big data applications to meet hyperscale demands
Efficient: Get consistent performance with low latency and repeatable response times with enhanced caching
High Capacity: Support data analytics capabilities and other dense architectures for highest rack-space efficiency
Cost Effective: Optimize TCO with the lowest cost per terabyte
Reliable: Enjoy extended reliability with 2.5M-hour MTBF
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