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Seagate 16TB HDD Exos X16 7200 RPM 512e/4Kn SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache 3.5-Inch Enterprise Hard Drive (ST16000NM001G)

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Capacity: 16TB


Features

  • Industry's lowest power and weight for optimum data center TCO
  • PowerBalance feature optimizes IOPS/Watt
  • Proven enterprise-class reliability backed by 2. 5M-hr MTBF rating
  • Helium sealed-drive design with no porosity and uniform density
  • Seagate Secure models provide hardware-based security to help protect data-at-rest. With Instant Secure Erase, drive retirement is safe, affordable, fast and easy.

Description

Seagate brings innovative helium technology to the Exos X16 hard drive. The drive is designed for maximum storage capacity and the hiest rack-space efficiency. Features a 16TB drive in the same 3. 5-inch footprint for 33% more petabytes per rack compared to leading 12TB drives. Helium-enabled low power and weight, plus PowerBalance and PowerChoice to manage perfomance for additional savings. Operating Temperature = 5 Degrees Celsius – 60 Degrees Celsius.


Digital Storage Capacity: 16 TB


Hard Disk Interface: Serial ATA


Connectivity Technology: SATA


Brand: Seagate


Special Feature: Hardware Encryption,Data Rrecovery Service,Helium Sealed Drive


Hard Disk Form Factor: 3.5 Inches


Hard Disk Description: Mechanical Hard Disk


Compatible Devices: Storage System, Storage Server


Installation Type: Internal Hard Drive


Color: Silver


RAM: ‎16 TB


Hard Drive: ‎16 TB Mechanical Hard Disk


Brand: ‎Seagate


Series: ‎Exos X16


Item model number: ‎ST16000NM001G


Item Weight: ‎1.4 pounds


Product Dimensions: ‎5.79 x 4.01 x 1.03 inches


Item Dimensions LxWxH: ‎5.79 x 4.01 x 1.03 inches


Color: ‎Silver


Flash Memory Size: ‎16


Hard Drive Interface: ‎Serial ATA


Hard Drive Rotational Speed: ‎7200 RPM


Department: ‎unisex


Manufacturer: ‎SEAGATE


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: ‎No


Date First Available: ‎June 4, 2019


Frequently asked questions

16TB refers to the storage capacity of the Seagate Exos X16 hard drive. TB stands for terabytes, and 1 terabyte equals 1000 gigabytes. Therefore, this hard drive has a vast storage capacity of 16,000 gigabytes. It is suitable for storing large amounts of data, file archives, and extensive software applications.

7200 RPM refers to the rotational speed of the hard disk. RPM stands for Rotations Per Minute. Higher RPM generally means faster data access times, which leads to faster file transfers and shorter load times. The Seagate Exos X16 hard drive has a speed of 7200 RPM, which is considered high for hard drives, allowing for rapid access and transfer of data.

512e/4Kn denotes the sector formats supported by the hard drive. A sector is the smallest addressable block of data in a hard drive. 512e stands for 512 bytes emulation, which allows the modern drives with a physical sector size of 4096 bytes to emulate a legacy drive with 512 bytes sector size. 4Kn stands for 4 kilobytes native, meaning it naturally supports the modern sector size of 4096 bytes. SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) refers to the drive's interface speed, which can transfer data up to 6 gigabits per second.

The 256MB cache in the Seagate Exos X16 hard drive is a temporary storage area, where frequently read or written data is stored for faster access. A large cache size of 256MB like in this hard drive allows for the efficient operation of your computer by reducing the time it takes to access data.

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This is our summary and key points to consider based on customer reviews.

The Seagate Exos HDDs is appreciated by many for its large capacity and reliability over time. Even influencers who are first-time users have given it good ratings. The drive runs hot during heavy data writing but still remains within safe temperature limits. It's also designed for 24/7 runtime and comes with a fully valid warranty.

Pros

  • 📁 Large storage capacity
  • 🔐 Reliable over years of heavy usage
  • ⏰ Designed for 24/7 runtime
  • 🔕 Quiet operation, even when busy
  • 📃 Comes with fully valid manufacturer's warranty

Cons

  • 🔥 Runs hot during heavy data writing
  • 🏄 Some users report high seek and read error rates in SMART data
  • 🔄 TLER/ERC may need to be disabled for non-RAID arrays/desktop use
  • 🐢 Initial spin-up can be a bit noisy
  • 💡 Complex tweaking might be required for certain OS (like Windows 11)

Should I Buy It?

Yes, it's a worthwhile purchase for users in need of a dependable, high capacity hard-drive for their NAS or desktop systems. However, ensure adequate airflow if you're planning on writing a lot of data at once and be prepared for a bit of system tweaking, especially with more recent operating systems like Windows 11.

    • Quality I've Come to Expect from Seagate
Capacity: 16TB
Now, I know everyone that uses HDDs or technology components in general always has their favorite brands. For large capacity HDDs, mine is Seagate. I have owned many Seagate HDDs since I began using large capacity storage in 2012. In this time all span, only 1 of those many drives has failed - after each having been used heavily for both reads and writes. I recently ran out of storage space on my NAS (Ironwolf Pro HDDs) and needed to buy new, larger capacity drives. In my exploration of drives, I searched through product spec listings of other companies, but ended up coming back to Seagate. In my understanding, the Exos drives differ from Ironwolf drives in that the Exos drives are designed to be run 24/7, which is how I run my NAS. The warranties on my drives were all valid and had the full amount of time under warranty possible. I have been using these current Exos drives for several months and see no indication I was wrong to purchase another Seagate product. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 24, 2023 by Millertime
    • This is a headline
Capacity: 6TB
This drive runs HOT if you are writing a lot of data to it, I had to keep a fan on it while I was doing stress-testing... I suppose its to be expected from an enterprise drive designed to go in a data center with good airflow, but its a little concerning. These drives are rated to up to 60c though, so it should be okay. Also, I am noticing very high seek and read error rates in SMART data.. Cursory research shows this may be normal for Seagate drives? This is my first Seagate so I'm not sure, but there are 0 uncorrectable errors, so I think it should be fine. Since this is an enterprise drive, you may want to disable TLER/ERC if using in a desktop as this is a feature intended for RAID arrays not desktop use, the command on linux is 'smartctl -l scterc,0,0 /dev/sdX', replacing X with drive location, not sure what it is on windows but it should be similar except using windows syntax for drive location. This drive supports disabling TLER/ERC, which I was worried about, so if anyone has similar concerns, this drive supports the command. With TLER disabled there is really no reason not to use this drive, I'm not sure yet if the setting persists after reboot but that should be an easy fix if it doesn't, make sure to check though. Drive's speed is acceptable, pretty good actually. Oh, also, this drive is very quiet, I was very concerned reading all the reviews saying the drive was loud and I was basically expecting an explosion when it spun up, lol. But it is pretty much totally quiet, even writing I can barely hear it. Maybe if it was like 6 inches away from you it might be noticeable. I can't hear a thing in my case which is 3 feet from me. Spin-up is a bit noisy but after that it is fine. No more noisy than any other drive I've had. Note that the drive I got was manufactured in 2017 (darn resellers) maybe newer models are different, but I doubt it. Despite DOM 2017 the drive I got is running the latest firmware, which is nice. All in all, supposing nothing goes wrong in the future, these drives can't be beat for the price point and value they offer. Just make sure to give it some good airflow if you are writing a lot of data at once, and disable TLER for desktop use. EDIT: depending on workload this thing can indeed get quite noisy. I didn't notice it at all writing random data to disk for testing, but when automated backups run this thing churns out some serious noise. I assume this is the head(s) accessing random parts of disk as opposed to just contiguous writes. Still works good for a data drive that doesn't get much access, opening videos/music/etc is pretty much silent, but for heavy-access tasks you will want a ssd because this drive could 'drive' a person crazy. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 9, 2022 by hello my name is
    • Working fine so far
Capacity: 14TB
Already owned a 8tb EXOS and it's still working fine after some years, let's see if this one keeps up with the quality.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 24, 2023 by Mullins
    • Great product - tweak needed for Windows 11
Capacity: 18TB
I purchased one of these some time ago, and just now purchased another to install in a MSI 12TD-620US desktop. It works great. I see a lot of people have complained about the noise with this drive. The MSI desktop is whisper quiet. I don't think I have had a system this quiet before, so I was concerned about putting in a drive that was reported to be noisy. The previous drive I purchased is not noisy, and I am delighted to report that this one is also not noisy. One heads up - The Exos drive had great power management because it is essentially intended for servers. By default it parks the heads after 2 minutes idle, slows the rpm after 10 min idle, and spins down after 15 minutes idle. Saving power in a server farm is important. Windows 11 loves to ping the hard drives every 2 or 3 minutes, even if there is no pagefile on the disk. With Windows constantly waking up the drive this defeats the power management and gets annoying with constant windows notifications that it has woken up a device. I recommend tweaking the EXOS power management using the SeaChest_PowerControl to change or disable the advanced EXOS power management. This is a bit complex for novices, but search for "Exos power management Windows 11 SeaChest_PowerControl" and you will find articles explaining what needs to be done. I have not had to do this with my other Exos drive on Windows 10. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 24, 2023 by Amazon Customer
    • HyperHawk seems legit
Capacity: 14TB
I was concerned about buying HDDs from an Amazon merchant because I've heard of people getting OEM drives (with NO warranty) when they expected a drive with the full manufacturer's warranty. In this case I'm happy to report that those fears were unfounded! I checked the serial number on Seagate's website and it reported the full 5-year warranty as expected. If you buy from HyperHawk, at least, it seems like you'll get a legit retail drive. Aside from that, good value for the price!! I can't complain getting 14TB for $210. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 3, 2023 by Erik
    • So far so good
Capacity: 4TB
Just got it. It's seems to be good. Will update in a few months.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 21, 2023 by Zatoichi
    • Ordered two Exos 20TB Drives
Capacity: 16TB
I ordered two drives from MegaRetailStore - shipped by Amazon. Received them and checked on the Seagate warranty site. Both drives were Retail Drives with full 5 year warranty. Perfect. (Was worried that they were OEM drives) I would trust them and buy from them again. Thanks from Texas.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 19, 2023 by Stan
    • Excellent!
Capacity: 14TB
I bought a Exos X16 14 TB from the seller HyperHawk. I’m pretty happy with the product and seller. I was able to validate the 5 year warranty at Seagate.com
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 25, 2023 by Amazon Customer

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