Seagate ST16000NM004J 16TB Exos X18 7200 rpm SAS III 12 Gb/s 3.5" Internal HDD

The 16TB Exos X18 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 270 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.

#1: This 16TB drive offers high capacity for more petabytes per rack

#2: Highly reliable performance with enhanced caching, making it the logical choice for cloud data center and massive scale-out data center applications

#3: Hyperscale SATA model tuned for large data transfers and low latency

#4: PowerBalance optimizes watts per terabyte

#5: Maximize total cost of ownership savings through lower power and weight with a helium sealed-drive design

#6: Helium side-sealing weld technology for added handling robustness and leak protection

#7: Digital environmental sensors to monitor internal drive conditions for optimal operation and performance

#8: Data protection and security - Seagate Secure features for safe, affordable, fast, and easy drive retirement

#9: Proven enterprise-class reliability backed by a limited 5-year warranty and 2.5 million hour MTBF rating

#1: Hyperscale applications/cloud data centers

#2: Massive scale-out data centers

#3: Big data applications

#4: High-capacity density RAID storage

#5: Mainstream enterprise external storage arrays

#6: Distributed file systems, including Hadoop and Ceph

#7: Enterprise backup and restore - D2D, virtual tape

#8: Centralized surveillance