DATA SHEET

Powerful performance. Proven technology. Scalable

design.
Exos X20

"Designed with the highest rack-space efficiency and protected with

Seagate Secure™ Exos X20 offers extreme market-leading capacity,
earning customer confidence by delivering trusted peace of mind."

Maximum Storage Capacity for Highest Rack

Space Efficiency

Market-leading 20 TB HDD offering the highest capacity available for more petabytes
per rack1

Highly reliable performance with enhanced caching, making it the logical choice for
cloud data centre and massive scale-out data centre applications
Best-Fit Applications
Scalable hyperscale Hyperscale SATA model tuned for large data transfers and low latency
applications/cloud data centres
Massive scale-out data centres
PowerBalance ™ feature optimises Watts/TB
Big data applications
High-capacity density RAID storage
Maximise total cost of ownership savings through lower power and weight with
Mainstream enterprise external helium sealed-drive design
storage arrays
Distributed file systems, including
Hadoop and Ceph Proven helium side-sealing weld technology for added handling robustness and
leak protection
Enterprise backup and restore —
D2D, virtual tape
Centralised surveillance 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 18 TB competitive product

 Specifications SATA 6 Gb/s SAS 12Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s 12 Gb/s SAS
Capacity 20TB 20TB 18TB 18TB
Standard Model FastFormat ™ (512e/4Kn)1 ST20000NM007D ST20000NM002D ST18000NM003D ST18000NM000D

SED Model FastFormat (512e/4Kn)1,2 ST20000NM000D ST20000NM003D ST18000NM004D ST18000NM001D

SED-FIPS FastFormat (512e/4Kn)1,2 — ST20000NM005D — ST18000NM002D

Features
Helium Sealed-Drive Design Yes Yes Yes Yes
Conventional Magnetic Recording (CMR) 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, Multi-segmented (MB) 256 256 256 256
Organic Solderability Preservative Yes Yes Yes Yes
RSA 3072 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%
Non-recoverable 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) 8,760 8,760 8,760 8,760
512e Sector Size (Bytes per Sector) 512 512, 520, 528 512 512, 520, 528
4Kn Sector Size (Bytes per Sector) 4,096 4,096, 4,160, 4,224 4,096 4,096, 4,160, 4,224
Limited Warranty (years) 5 5 5 5
Performance
Spindle Speed (RPM) 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM
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) 285/272 285/272 285/272 285/272
Random Read/Write 4K QD16 WCD (IOPS) 168/550 168/550 168/550 168/550
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 5.4 W 5.8 W 5.4 W 5.8 W
Max Operating, Random Read/Write 4K/16Q (W) 9.4, 6.4 9.8, 7.0 9.4, 6.4 9.8, 7.0
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, Non-operating: 2 to 500 Hz (Grms) 2.27 2.27 2.27 2.27
Shock, Operating 2 ms (Read/Write) (Gs) 40 40 40 40
Shock, Non-operating 2 ms (GS) 200 200 200 200
Physical

Height (in/mm, max)4 1.028 in/26.1 mm 1.028 in/26.1 mm 1.028 in/26.1 mm 1.028 in/26.1 mm

Width (in/mm, max) 4 4.01 in/101.85 mm 4.01 in/101.85 mm 4.01 in/101.85 mm 4.01 in/101.85 mm

Depth (in/mm, max)4 5.787 in/147 mm 5.787 in/147 mm 5.787 in/147 mm 5.787 in/147 mm
Weight (gm/lb) 670 g/1.477 lb 670 g/1.477 lb 670 g/1.477 lb 670 g/1.477 lb
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 format.
2 Self-Encrypting Drives (SED) and FIPS 140-3 Validated drives available through franchised authorised distributors. May require TCG-compliant host or controller support.
3 Supports Hotplug operation per Serial ATA Revision 3.3 specification
4 These base deck dimensions conform to the Small Form Factor Standard (SFF-8301) found at https://www.snia.org/sff.. For connector-related dimensions, see SFF-8323.

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