{"id":848,"date":"2025-09-15T08:03:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T08:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssdmmarine.com\/newavook\/?post_type=product&#038;p=848"},"modified":"2025-09-15T08:07:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T08:07:26","slug":"seagate-18-tb-enterprises-sata-exos-hard-drive","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/ssdmmarine.com\/newavook\/product\/seagate-18-tb-enterprises-sata-exos-hard-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Seagate 18 TB Enterprises Sata Exos Hard Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 data-start=\"189\" data-end=\"210\">Key Specifications<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"_tableContainer_1rjym_1\">\n<div class=\"group w-fit _tableWrapper_1rjym_13 flex flex-col-reverse\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<table data-start=\"212\" data-end=\"1446\" class=\"w-fit min-w-(--thread-content-width)\">\n<thead data-start=\"212\" data-end=\"233\">\n<tr data-start=\"212\" data-end=\"233\">\n<th data-start=\"212\" data-end=\"222\" data-col-size=\"sm\">Feature<\/th>\n<th data-start=\"222\" data-end=\"233\" data-col-size=\"md\">Details<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody data-start=\"244\" data-end=\"1446\">\n<tr data-start=\"244\" data-end=\"306\">\n<td data-start=\"244\" data-end=\"259\" data-col-size=\"sm\"><strong data-start=\"246\" data-end=\"258\">Capacity<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-start=\"259\" data-end=\"306\" data-col-size=\"md\">18 TB\u00a0<span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-start=\"307\" data-end=\"376\">\n<td data-start=\"307\" data-end=\"323\" data-col-size=\"sm\"><strong data-start=\"309\" data-end=\"322\">Interface<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-start=\"323\" data-end=\"376\" data-col-size=\"md\">SATA 6 Gb\/s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-start=\"377\" data-end=\"445\">\n<td data-start=\"377\" data-end=\"395\" data-col-size=\"sm\"><strong data-start=\"379\" data-end=\"394\">Form Factor<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-start=\"395\" data-end=\"445\" data-col-size=\"md\">3.5 &#8211; inch\u00a0<span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-start=\"446\" data-end=\"513\">\n<td data-start=\"446\" data-end=\"463\" data-col-size=\"sm\"><strong data-start=\"448\" data-end=\"462\">Spin Speed<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-col-size=\"md\" data-start=\"463\" data-end=\"513\">7200 RPM\u00a0<span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-start=\"514\" data-end=\"583\">\n<td data-start=\"514\" data-end=\"535\" data-col-size=\"sm\"><strong data-start=\"516\" data-end=\"534\">Cache \/ Buffer<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-col-size=\"md\" data-start=\"535\" data-end=\"583\">256 MB\u00a0<span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-start=\"584\" data-end=\"682\">\n<td data-start=\"584\" data-end=\"631\" data-col-size=\"sm\"><strong data-start=\"586\" data-end=\"630\">Sustained Transfer Rate (outer diameter)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-start=\"631\" data-end=\"682\" data-col-size=\"md\">270 MB\/s\u00a0<span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-start=\"683\" data-end=\"805\">\n<td data-start=\"683\" data-end=\"721\" data-col-size=\"sm\"><strong data-start=\"685\" data-end=\"720\">Random I\/O (4K, queue depth 16)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-start=\"721\" data-end=\"805\" data-col-size=\"md\">170 IOPS for reads \/ 550 IOPS for writes\u00a0<span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-start=\"806\" data-end=\"878\">\n<td data-start=\"806\" data-end=\"820\" data-col-size=\"sm\"><strong data-start=\"808\" data-end=\"819\">Latency<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-start=\"820\" data-end=\"878\" data-col-size=\"md\">4.16 ms average\u00a0<span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-start=\"879\" data-end=\"961\">\n<td data-start=\"879\" data-end=\"904\" data-col-size=\"sm\"><strong data-start=\"881\" data-end=\"903\">Reliability \/ MTBF<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-start=\"904\" data-end=\"961\" data-col-size=\"md\">2,500,000 hours<span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-start=\"962\" data-end=\"1051\">\n<td data-start=\"962\" data-end=\"991\" data-col-size=\"sm\"><strong data-start=\"964\" data-end=\"990\">Annual Workload Rating<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-start=\"991\" data-end=\"1051\" data-col-size=\"md\">Up to 550 TB\/year\u00a0<span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-start=\"1052\" data-end=\"1126\">\n<td data-start=\"1052\" data-end=\"1065\" data-col-size=\"sm\"><strong data-start=\"1054\" data-end=\"1064\">Weight<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-start=\"1065\" data-end=\"1126\" data-col-size=\"md\">670 g (0.67 kg)<span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-start=\"1127\" data-end=\"1216\">\n<td data-start=\"1127\" data-end=\"1144\" data-col-size=\"sm\"><strong data-start=\"1129\" data-end=\"1143\">Dimensions<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-col-size=\"md\" data-start=\"1144\" data-end=\"1216\">147 mm \u00d7 101.85 mm \u00d7 26.1 mm\u00a0<span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-start=\"1217\" data-end=\"1363\">\n<td data-start=\"1217\" data-end=\"1251\" data-col-size=\"sm\"><strong data-start=\"1219\" data-end=\"1250\">Operating Temp \/ Conditions<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-start=\"1251\" data-end=\"1363\" data-col-size=\"md\">5-60 \u00b0C, non-operating shock tolerance ~200 G, operating shock 50 G\u00a0<span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-start=\"1364\" data-end=\"1446\">\n<td data-start=\"1364\" data-end=\"1379\" data-col-size=\"sm\"><strong data-start=\"1366\" data-end=\"1378\">Warranty<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-start=\"1379\" data-end=\"1446\" data-col-size=\"md\">5 year\u00a0<span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr data-start=\"1448\" data-end=\"1451\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1453\" data-end=\"1465\"><\/h2>\n<h3 data-start=\"1453\" data-end=\"1465\">Strengths<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1467\" data-end=\"2154\">\n<li data-start=\"1467\" data-end=\"1557\">\n<p data-start=\"1469\" data-end=\"1557\"><strong data-start=\"1469\" data-end=\"1501\">Very high capacity per drive<\/strong> \u2014 good for maximizing storage in racks or enclosures.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1467\" data-end=\"2154\">\n<li data-start=\"1558\" data-end=\"1640\">\n<p data-start=\"1560\" data-end=\"1640\"><strong data-start=\"1560\" data-end=\"1592\">Enterprise-grade reliability<\/strong> with high MTBF, designed for 24\u00d77 operations.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1467\" data-end=\"2154\">\n<li data-start=\"1641\" data-end=\"1843\">\n<p data-start=\"1643\" data-end=\"1843\"><strong data-start=\"1643\" data-end=\"1666\">Helium sealed drive<\/strong> design reduces turbulence inside the drive, which helps with power efficiency and weight (less drag) as compared to air-filled drives.\u00a0<span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1467\" data-end=\"2154\">\n<li data-start=\"1844\" data-end=\"2025\">\n<p data-start=\"1846\" data-end=\"2025\"><strong data-start=\"1846\" data-end=\"1885\">Power Balance \/ Power Choice features<\/strong> allow tuning power\/performance trade-offs. Useful in large scale deployments to save energy cost.\u00a0<span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1467\" data-end=\"2154\">\n<li data-start=\"2026\" data-end=\"2154\">\n<p data-start=\"2028\" data-end=\"2154\">Good sustained transfer speeds for large sequential data\u2014makes it suitable for backup, archival storage, large file servers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"2156\" data-end=\"2159\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"2161\" data-end=\"2200\"><\/h2>\n<h3 data-start=\"2161\" data-end=\"2200\">Considerations \/ Potential Drawbacks<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2202\" data-end=\"2804\">\n<li data-start=\"2202\" data-end=\"2360\">\n<p data-start=\"2204\" data-end=\"2360\"><strong data-start=\"2204\" data-end=\"2241\">Random I\/O is not as fast as SSDs<\/strong> \u2014 for workloads involving many small random reads\/writes (databases, heavy VM use), an HDD like this will be slower.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2202\" data-end=\"2804\">\n<li data-start=\"2361\" data-end=\"2577\">\n<p data-start=\"2363\" data-end=\"2577\"><strong data-start=\"2363\" data-end=\"2378\">Power usage<\/strong> is decent for HDDs, but still higher compared to SSDs. During active transfers and seeks it draws more power. Idle power is better but still non-negligible. <span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seagate.com\/files\/www-content\/datasheets\/pdfs\/exos-x18-channel-DS2045-1-2007GB-en_SG.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.seagate.com\/files\/www-content\/datasheets\/pdfs\/exos-x18-channel-DS2045-1-2007GB-en_SG.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" class=\"flex h-4.5 overflow-hidden rounded-xl px-2 text-[9px] font-medium text-token-text-secondary! bg-[#F4F4F4]! dark:bg-[#303030]! transition-colors duration-150 ease-in-out\"><span class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between\"><span class=\"max-w-[15ch] grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2202\" data-end=\"2804\">\n<li data-start=\"2578\" data-end=\"2677\">\n<p data-start=\"2580\" data-end=\"2677\"><strong data-start=\"2580\" data-end=\"2591\">Latency<\/strong> is limited by mechanical components; not suited for ultra-low latency applications.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2202\" data-end=\"2804\">\n<li data-start=\"2678\" data-end=\"2804\">\n<p data-start=\"2680\" data-end=\"2804\"><strong data-start=\"2680\" data-end=\"2706\">Physical size &amp; weight<\/strong> \u2014 uses full 3.5&#8243; form; ensure your enclosure \/ server has space, cooling and vibration control.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"2806\" data-end=\"2809\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"2811\" data-end=\"2837\"><\/h2>\n<h3 data-start=\"2811\" data-end=\"2837\">Use-Cases It\u2019s Good For<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2839\" data-end=\"3051\">\n<li data-start=\"2839\" data-end=\"2881\">\n<p data-start=\"2841\" data-end=\"2881\">Large scale archival \/ backup systems.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2839\" data-end=\"3051\">\n<li data-start=\"2882\" data-end=\"2960\">\n<p data-start=\"2884\" data-end=\"2960\">Data center storage, cloud storage, scale-out systems (Hadoop, etc.).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2839\" data-end=\"3051\">\n<li data-start=\"2961\" data-end=\"2992\">\n<p data-start=\"2963\" data-end=\"2992\">Video surveillance storage.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2839\" data-end=\"3051\">\n<li data-start=\"2993\" data-end=\"3051\">\n<p data-start=\"2995\" data-end=\"3051\">Storage racks \/ NAS systems for large media libraries.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Capacity &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong> 18 TB<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brand &#8211;<\/strong> Seagate<\/p>\n<p><strong>Model Number &#8211;<\/strong> ST18000NM000J<\/p>\n<p><strong>Warranty &#8211;<\/strong> 5 Year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"product_brand":[69],"product_cat":[47,63],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-848","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_brand-seagate","product_cat-hdd","product_cat-internal-hdd","entry","first","instock","sale","shipping-taxable","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssdmmarine.com\/newavook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssdmmarine.com\/newavook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssdmmarine.com\/newavook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdmmarine.com\/newavook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdmmarine.com\/newavook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssdmmarine.com\/newavook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdmmarine.com\/newavook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=848"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdmmarine.com\/newavook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=848"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdmmarine.com\/newavook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}