Best Fit Applications

Massive scale-out data centers
Hyperscale cloud storage
High-density RAID storage
Mainstream enterprise storage arrays
Big Data analytics
Distributed file systems, including Hadoop and CEPH
Bulk storage for OCP and object storage Enterprise backup and restore—D2D, virtual tape
Centralized surveillance

Design 10PB of Data into a Single Rack
Up to 12TB per drive for up tot 50% more petabytes per rack when compared to an 8TB product in a 42U rack. Plus a wide-weld hermetically sealed design means a more dependable drive that performs 24×7 for optimum TCO.

Built for Speed—Precisely Where It’s Needed
Among the industry’s best response times for a 12TB nearline drive, the Exos X12 hard drive helps to enable some of the fastest data transfers possible. Choose 6Gb/s SATA or 12Gb/s SAS interface for drop-in system integration.

Meet Your Enterprise Storage Needs with Confidence

5-year limited warranty
10 grams lighter per drive than competitive 12TB drives
2.5M-hr MTBF
550TB/yr workload rate limit (10x that of desktop drives)

Higher Performance. Maximum Reliability.
Advanced Write Caching allows for a 20% boost in random write performance, especially when compared to competitive 8TB drives. Plus digital environmental sensors for measuring internal pressure helps to ensure high reliability, performance and quality.