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Exos X16

Seagate manufactures hard drives that specifically address the

needs of the hyperscale storage market. As the flagship of the
Seagate® X class, the Exos ® X16 enterprise hard drives are the
highest-capacity hard drives in the fleet.

Maximum Storage Capacity for Highest Rack

Space Efficiency

Industry's first 16TB drive for 33% more petabytes per rack1

Highest 16TB hard drive performance with enhanced caching, making it perfect for
cloud data center and massive scale-out data center applications

Best-Fit Applications
Hyperscale SATA model tuned for large data transfers and low latency
Hyperscale applications/cloud data
centers
PowerBalance ™ feature optimizes Watts/TB
Massive scale-out data centers
Big data applications
High-capacity density RAID storage Helium sealed-drive design delivers lower total cost of ownership through lower
power and weight
Mainstream enterprise external
storage arrays
Distributed file systems, including Next-generation helium side-sealing weld technology for added handling
Hadoop and Ceph robustness and leak protection

Enterprise backup and restore—

D2D, virtual tape Digital environmental sensors to monitor internal drive conditions for optimal
Centralized surveillance 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 12TB competitive product

 Specifications SATA 6Gb/s 12Gb/s SAS SATA 6Gb/s 12Gb/s SAS
Capacity 14TB 16TB 16TB 14TB
Standard Model FastFormat ™ (512e/4Kn)1 ST14000NM001G ST16000NM002G ST16000NM001G ST14000NM002G

SED Model FastFormat (512e/4Kn)1,2 ST14000NM003G ST16000NM004G ST16000NM003G ST14000NM004G

SED-FIPS FastFormat (512e/4Kn) 1,2 — ST16000NM009G — ST14000NM012G

Features
Helium Sealed-Drive Design Yes Yes Yes Yes
Protection Information (T10 DIF) — Yes — Yes
SuperParity Yes Yes Yes Yes
Low Halogen Yes Yes Yes Yes

PowerChoice ™
Idle Power Technology Yes Yes Yes Yes

PowerBalance ™
Power/Performance Technology Yes Yes Yes Yes

Hot-Plug Support 3 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Cache, Multisegmented (MB) 256 256 256 256
Organic Solderability Preservative Yes Yes Yes Yes
RSA 2048 Firmware Verification (SD&D) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Reliability/Data Integrity
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF, hours) 2,500,000 2,500,000 2,500,000 2,500,000
Reliability Rating @ Full 24×7 Operation (AFR) 0.35% 0.35% 0.35% 0.35%
Nonrecoverable Read Errors per Bits Read 1 sector per 10E15 1 sector per 10E15 1 sector per 10E15 1 sector per 10E15
Power-On Hours per Year (24×7) 8760 8760 8760 8760
512e Sector Size (Bytes per Sector) 512 512, 520, 528 512 512, 520, 528
4Kn Sector Size (Bytes per Sector) 4096 4096, 4160, 4224 4096 4096, 4160, 4224
Limited Warranty (years) 5 5 5 5
Performance
Spindle Speed (RPM) 7200RPM 7200RPM 7200RPM 7200RPM
Interface Access Speed (Gb/s) 6.0, 3.0 12.0, 6.0, 3.0 6.0, 3.0 12.0, 6.0, 3.0
Max. Sustained Transfer Rate OD (MB/s,MiB/s) 261, 249 261, 249 261, 249 261, 249
Random Read/Write 4K QD16 WCD (IOPS) 170/440 170/440 170/440 170/440
Average Latency (ms) 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16
Interface Ports Single Dual Single Dual
Rotation Vibration @ 20-1500 Hz (rad/sec²) 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5
Power Consumption
Idle A (W) Average 5.00W 5.0W 5.00W 5.0W
Max Operating, Random Read/Write 4K/16Q (W) 10.0, 6.3 10.2, 6.2 10.0, 6.3 10.2, 6.2
Power Supply Requirements +12 V and +5 V +12 V and +5 V +12 V and +5 V +12 V and +5 V
Environmental
Temperature, Operating (°C) 5°C – 60°C 5°C – 60°C 5°C – 60°C 5°C – 60°C
Vibration, Nonoperating: 2 to 500Hz (Grms) 2.27 2.27 2.27 2.27
Shock, Operating 2ms (Read/Write) (Gs) 50 50 50 50
Shock, Nonoperating 2ms (Gs) 200 200 200 200
Physical

Height (mm/in, max)4 26.11mm/1.028in 26.11mm/1.028in 26.11mm/1.028in 26.11mm/1.028in

Width (mm/in, max)4 101.85mm/4.010in 101.85mm/4.010in 101.85mm/4.010in 101.85mm/4.010in

Depth (mm/in, max)4 147.00mm/5.787in 147.00mm/5.787in 147.00mm/5.787in 147.00mm/5.787in

Weight (g/lb) 670g/1.477lb 670g/1.477lb 670g/1.477lb 670g/1.477lb
Carton Unit Quantity 20 20 20 20
Cartons per Pallet/Cartons per Layer 40/8 40/8 40/8 40/8
1 FastFormat models ship in 512e format state. When switching from 512e to 4Kn by executing the FastFormat routine, all data on the drive will be deleted. Note that data must be aligned to 4K sectors to see improved
performance in 4Kn fomat.
2 Self-Encrypting Drives (SED) and FIPS 140-2 Validated drives available through franchised authorized distributors. May require TCG-compliant host or controller support.
3 Supports Hotplug operation per Serial ATA Revision 3.2 specification
4 These base deck dimensions conform to the Small Form Factor Standard (SFF-8301) found at www.sffcommittee.org. For connector-related dimensions, see SFF-8323.

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