Exos X20 Powerful performance with proven technology — Seagate’s® Exos® X20 drives are built off the platform that’s shipped millions globally and deployed in leading cloud service provider solutions — making them the most sought after drives in our datasphere. 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. Specifications
Technical Specifications
| Standard Model FastFormat™ (512e/4Kn) | ST18000NM003D |
| SED-FIPS FastFormat (512e/4Kn) | — |
| Helium Sealed-Drive Design | Yes |
| Conventional Magnetic Recording (CMR) | Yes |
| Protection Information (T10 DIF) | — |
| SuperParity | Yes |
| Low Halogen | Yes |
| PowerChoice™ Idle Power Technology | Yes |
| PowerBalance™ Power/Performance Technology | Yes |
| Hot-Plug Support | Yes |
| Cache, Multi-segmented (MB) | 256 |
| Organic Solderability Preservative | Yes |
| RSA 3072 Firmware Verification (SD&D) | Yes |
| MTBF (hours) | 2,500,000 |
| Reliability Rating @ Full 24×7 Operation (AFR) | 0.35% |
| Non-recoverable Read Errors per Bits Read | 1 sector per 10E15 |
| Power-On Hours per Year (24×7) | 8,760 |
| 512e Sector Size (Bytes per Sector) | 512 |
| 4Kn Sector Size (Bytes per Sector) | 4,096 |
| Spindle Speed (RPM) | 7,200 RPM |
| Interface Access Speed (Gb/s) | 6.0, 3.0 |
| Max. Sustained Transfer Rate OD (MB/s, MiB/s) | 285/272 |
| Random Read/Write 4K QD16 WCD (IOPS) | 168/550 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 4.16 |
| Interface Ports | Single |
| Rotation Vibration @ 20-1500 Hz (rad/sec²) | 12.5 |
| Idle A (W) Average | 5.4 W |
| Max Operating, Random Read/Write 4K/16Q (W) | 9.4, 6.4 |
| Power Supply Requirements | +12 V and +5 V |
| Temperature, Operating (°C) | 5°C – 60°C |
| Vibration, Non-operating: 2 to 500 Hz (Grms) | 2.27 |
| Shock, Operating 2 ms (Read/Write) (Gs) | 40 |
| Shock, Non-operating 2 ms (GS) | 200 |
| Height (in/mm, max) | 1.028 in/26.1 mm |
| Width (in/mm, max) | 4.01 in/101.85 mm |
| Depth (in/mm, max) | 5.787 in/147 mm |
| Weight (gm/lb) | 670 g/1.477 lb |
| Carton Unit Quantity | 20 |
| Cartons per Pallet / Cartons per Layer | 40/8 |








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