Enterprise Hard Drives

Exos X18 Hard Drive

Delivering maximum storage capacity with the highest rack-space efficiency.

Maximum Storage Capacity for Highest Rack Space Efficiency

Market-leading 18TB HDD offering the highest capacity available for more petabytes per rack 1

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™ feature optimizes Watts/TB

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

Proven 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 5-year limited warranty and 2.5M-hr MTBF rating 1 Compared to 14TB competition

Key Specs

Product Info

Capacity

18TB

Dimensions: H x W x D

26.1mm/1.028in × 101.85mm/4.010in × 147.0mm/5.787in

Weight

670g/1.477lb

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 550 TB/year workload rating and 2.5M-hr MTBF to meet the most demanding storage requirements.

Customisation Power Options

PowerChoice™ and PowerBalance™ for optimised power consumption when in use and idle — customisable to fit your needs.

Amazing Performance

Advanced write caching coupled with up to 270 MB/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.

At Seagate, we obsess over Quality Assurance

A Product you can count on is one that keep getting high Quality scores over its lifetime – No matter when it’s tested