Seagate Exos X16 - 16TB 7200 RPM Sata Hard Drive

Seagate Exos X X16 16TB, 512e, SATA 6Gb/s

For Hyperscale applications of all kinds, we recommend ExosTM X - the most powerful method for accessing the data sphere and harnessing the full potential of the cloud. The Exos X16, Exos X12 and Exos X10 enterprise hard drives use the latest technology to help build scalable, secure and reliable data centers. Designed specifically for highly scalable environments that require low-power and lightweight products, Exos X-Series hard drives deliver consistent scaling performance to meet the high total cost of ownership requirements of most cloud-based data centers.

Highlights of the Exos X16 series

Helium filling enables storage of up to 12.8 PB in a single 42U rack
leading sustained data throughput of 261 MB/s
up to 440 IOPS for direct access write operation
reduced complexity through FastFormat™
Reduced overall costs due to low weight of 670 g and an output of 0.31 W/TB
550 TB per year - 10 times the workload rate of a desktop drive

Ideal for the following applications

Hyperscale applications/cloud data centers
Large data centers
Big Data Applications
RAID memory with high storage density
Standard external enterprise storage arrays
distributed file systems, for example Hadoop and Ceph
Enterprise Data Protection and Recovery in D2D and Virtual Tape Systems
centralised monitoring