Seagate Exos X18 3.5-Inch Up to 18TB 6Gb SATA/12Gb SAS Helium-Based 7200rpm HDD Family Shipping

Seagate Technology plc is shipping 18TB helium-based enterprise HDDs in volume as part of the Exos X18 family.

This drive delivers performance and mass capacity for hyperscale data centers to efficiently and cost-effectively manage increasing amounts of data.

Additionally, the firm’s enterprise data solutions launched the Exos Application Platform (AP) 2U12 as well as a new controller for its AP 4U100 systems.

Exos Application Platform (AP) 2U12

The need for hyperscale and cloud storage solutions continues to rise with the increasing growth in data gen. According to a recent firm’s report, Rethink Data, enterprise data is expected to grow at an average rate of 42.2% over the next 2 years. The survey was conducted by IDC, which also forecast the global datasphere will reach a staggering 175ZB by 2025. The Exos X18 supports this expanding need for storage.

AP 4U100

Using the Exos X18, the company’s enterprise data solutions team combined high-capacity storage and compute into 1 platform. The recently launched AP combine servers and storage in a compact system to meet the demands of businesses with varying performance and capacity requirements. The Exos AP 2U12 offers a new controller, flexible enclosure, enterprise-grade firmware, data protection, and automatic tiering.

“Seagate’s Exos X18 HDDs and upgraded Exos AP controllers enable enterprises to effectively tackle challenges associated with the exponential rise in data volumes by increasing system capacity and reducing deployment complexity,” said Ken Claffey, VP and GM, enterprise data solutions. “With the ever-increasing demand from enterprise data centers for greater storage capacity and efficiency, Seagate offers the density and configurability with ease of deployment for data lakes and private storage clouds.”

Exos X18 is the 5th-gen high capacity helium 3.5-inch 7200rpm nearline enterprise drive offering 18TB with both SATA and SAS interfaces. It enables high-capacity storage solutions that ensure customers can scale capacity in a cost-effective way. It supports hyperscale, datacenter, and enterprise NAS system storage challenges by enabling fast data transfers, lower power and weight compared with traditional nearline drives, increased random reads/write IO/s than previous gens with 512e and 4KN formatting. It includes built-in data protection through Seagate Secure technology that provides for safe, affordable, fast, and easy drive retirement.

The Exos X18 18TB HDD is available for an MSRP of $561.75.