Product Specifications

Seagate Exos X10 ST10000NM018B 10TB 3.5-Inch Enterprise SATA Hard Drive

Product Overview

The Seagate Exos X10 (ST10000NM018B) is a high-performance, enterprise-class 3.5-inch hard drive engineered for demanding data centre workloads. With a massive 10TB storage capacity and a SATA 6Gb/s interface, this drive delivers exceptional throughput, reliability, and scalability for cloud storage, hyperscale data centres, and enterprise bulk data applications.

Built on Seagate's proven helium-sealed platform with a wrought-aluminium base, the Exos X10 operates with superior mechanical durability and thermal efficiency, making it ideal for 24/7 high-density rack deployments. With a 2.5 million-hour MTBF, this drive is engineered to last.

Key Features

Massive 10TB Capacity

The Exos X10 delivers 10TB of storage per drive, enabling up to 25% more petabytes per rack compared to previous-generation drives. This high storage density helps data centre architects maximise efficiency without expanding physical infrastructure.

High-Speed SATA 6Gb/s Interface

Featuring a SATA 6Gb/s interface with a maximum sustained transfer rate of up to 249 MB/s, the Exos X10 ensures fast sequential read/write performance for large-scale data ingestion and retrieval tasks. The 256MB cache buffer further accelerates data access speeds.

Enterprise-Grade Reliability

With a rated workload of 550TB/year and a 2.5 million-hour MTBF, the Exos X10 is designed for continuous operation in mission-critical environments. It supports RAID (0, 1, 5, 6) configurations and features Seagate's proprietary RAID Rebuild technology for faster recovery times.

Helium-Sealed Design

The drive's hermetically sealed helium-filled enclosure reduces internal drag and heat generation, enabling higher areal density platters while consuming less power. This design also reduces vibration and noise — critical factors in dense server rack environments.

Advanced Power Management

Seagate's PowerBalance™ and PowerChoice™ technologies allow administrators to fine-tune the balance between performance and power consumption, optimising total cost of ownership (TCO) across the storage infrastructure.

Enhanced Data Security

The Exos X10 incorporates Seagate Secure™ technology, including support for TCG-compliant Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) options, government-grade FIPS 140-2 validation, and instant secure erase for simplified drive repurposing and disposal — keeping data-at-rest safe at all times.

Optimised for Cloud & Hyperscale

Tuned for large sequential data transfers, the drive is ideal for OLTP, Hadoop, Ceph, HPC, and cloud-scale applications. It delivers the industry's best IOPS/watt ratio, offering exceptional value in hyperscale deployments where efficiency directly impacts operational costs.

Best-Fit Applications

• Hyperscale cloud data centres and object storage
• Enterprise NAS and SAN arrays
• Online transaction processing (OLTP) systems
• Hadoop, Ceph, and HPC distributed storage clusters
• Surveillance and video analytics storage
• Backup, archive, and disaster recovery systems
• High-density RAID storage arrays (RAID 0/1/5/6)

What's in the Box

• 1x Seagate Exos X10 ST10000NM018B 10TB 3.5-Inch SATA Hard Drive
• Product documentation / warranty card