Specifications

16TB Exos X24 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 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 16TB 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