Seagate ST20000NM002D 20TB Enterprise Hard Drive

Technical Specification

Features:
  • Make: Seagate
  • Model code: ST20000NM002D
  • Series: Exos X20
  • Storage type: HDD
  • Capacity: 20 TB
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Additional info:

Seagate Secure™ features for safe, affordable, fast, and easy drive retirement 2.5M- Hr MTBF PowerBalance™ feature optimizes Watts/TB Digital environmental sensors to monitor internal drive conditions for optimal operation and performance Best-fit applications include Hyperscale applications/cloud data centres, high-capacity density RAID storage, Mainstream enterprise external storage arrays, Enterprise backup and restore — D2D, virtual tape, Centralised surveillance

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Make Seagate
Manufacturer Seagate Technology
Category Video Surveillance>Storage
Model code ST20000NM002D
Series Exos X20
Storage type HDD
Capacity 20 TB
Interface 12 Gb/s SAS
Spin Speed 7200 RPM
Cache 256 MB
Maximum Operating Shock 40 Gs
Length 147
Width 102
Height 26
Weight 670
AFR / MTBF 0.35%, 2,500,000 hours
Operating temperature 5 ~ 60 C (41 ~ 140 F)

Product description

Seagate Exos X20: Reliable High-Capacity Storage Solution

The Seagate Exos X20, model ST20000NM002D, is a robust 20 TB hard drive engineered for the most demanding data environments. This drive delivers market-leading capacity and efficiency, making it ideal for hyperscale applications and cloud data centers. With Seagate Secure™ technology, it guarantees peace of mind, ensuring your data remains protected.

Key Features and Benefits

  • Helium-Sealed Design: Enhances reliability by reducing power consumption and weight.
  • PowerBalance™ Technology: Optimizes watts per terabyte to maximize total cost of ownership savings.
  • Advanced Caching: Supports high-capacity density RAID storage and big data applications with enhanced performance.
  • Durability: Exhibits extraordinary reliability with a 2.5 million-hour mean time between failures (MTBF) rating.
  • Environmental Sensors: Monitor drive conditions to ensure optimal performance.

Ideal Use Cases

The Exos X20 is perfect for scalable hyperscale cloud data centers, massive scale-out data centers, and big data environments. It's particularly advantageous in enterprise-level external storage arrays, distributed file systems like Hadoop and Ceph, and centralized surveillance systems. This drive's efficient power usage makes it a smart choice for enterprise backup and restore solutions, including D2D and virtual tape.

With a spindle speed of 7,200 RPM, the ST20000NM002D ensures fast data transfers, indispensable for real-time analytics and rapid data access in dynamic business settings. Rely on Seagate's proven technology for your data storage needs with the Exos X20.

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