Driving Storage Innovation Forward

Introducing Exos® 2X18—our latest hyperscale hard drive built with MACH2 multi-actuator technology for concurrent data transfer, increasing IOPS and doubling the performance of traditional hard drives. The benefits? SSD performance in an 18TB SATA solution that effectively uses full hard drive capacity without sacrificing latency, lower TCO, and the perfect fit for data centers running demanding applications.

For everything hyperscale, — the most powerful way to access the datasphere and harness the full potential of the cloud. Seagate Exos 2x18 MACH2 hard drives integrate the latest technology in support of a scalable, secure, and reliable cloud data centre. Specifically designed to work in highly scalable environments requiring low power consumption and weight, the Seagate Exos 2X18 hard drives perform consistently while scaling to meet the stringent TCO requirements of most cloud-based data centres. This is Seagate EXOS 2X18 enterprise dual-actuator hard drive utilizes MACH.2 technology enabling up to 2x the performance of an enterprise single-actuator 3.5-inch hard drive.


MACH.2 for Boosted Capacity and Performance

Experience the best of both worlds—Exos 2X18 features dual actuators delivering 2× more performance for random IOPS and sequential data rates.

NOTE: This HDD is a dual-actuator hard drive, 2x performance compare to regular HDD. HDD is always showing TWO partitions with 9TB partition each. (It access data in different partition simultaneously!)

Original mfg spec sheet:
https://www.seagate.com/www-content/datasheets/pdfs/exos-2x18-DS2093-1-2202US-en_US.pdf

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Highest Performance for Highest Rack Space Efficiency

• MACH.2 technology enables up to 2x the performance of an enterprise single- actuator 3.5-inch hard drive
• Highest 18TB hard drive performance, making it perfect for cloud data center and massive scale-out data center applications
• 18TB of capacity available as two independently addressable, 7TB logical units
• PowerBalance feature optimizes IOPS/Watt
• Helium sealed-drive design delivers lower total cost of ownership through lower power and weight
• Next-generation helium side-sealed weld technology for added handling robustness and leak protection
• Digital environmental sensors to monitor internal drive conditions for optimal operation and performance
• Latest hermetic interconnect technology supporting higher data rate heads and higher pin counts for extreme thermal conditions
• Proven enterprise-class reliability backed by 5-year limited warranty and 2.5M-hr MTBF rating

Best-Fit Applications

• Hyperscale applications/cloud data centers
• Massive scale-out data centers
• Big data applications
• Content delivery networks
• Mainstream enterprise external storage arrays
• Distributed file systems, including Hadoop and Ceph
• Enterprise backup and restore— D2D, virtual tape
• Centralized surveillance
• High-bandwidth streaming applications
• UPC:810064875229

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