User Manual

Best-Fit Applications
Hyperscale applications/cloud data
centers
Massive scale-out data centers
Big Data applications
High-capacity density RAID storage
Mainstream enterprise external storage
arrays
Distributed file systems, including
Hadoop and Ceph
Enterprise backup and restore—D2D,
virtual tape
Centralized surveillance
DATA SHEET
Scalable. Responsive. Innovative.
Exos X12
Seagate manufactures hard drives that specifically address the needs of the
hyperscale storage market. As the flagship of the Seagate
®
X class, the Exos
™
X12 enterprise hard drive is the highest-capacity hard drive in the fleet.
Scales to Meet Your Growing Capacity Needs
Seagate Exos X12 enterprise hard drives offer the highest rack space efficiency—up to 10PB of data in
a single 42U rack. Enhanced caching makes it perfect for Big Data applications, providing the fastest
hard drive data transfers in the datasphere. Hyperscale SATA models are tuned for large data
transfers, providing low latency. You can easily customize your bulk storage requirements with
innovative technology advancements (PowerBalance
™
, PowerChoice
™
and RAID Rebuild
®
). Exos X12
drives help provide low data center TCO, and are architected to offer low power and weight. Simplified
infrastructure management is possible with FastFormat
™
advanced format feature (4Kn and 512e).
Advanced Write Caching helps ensure rapid response rates with a 20% boost in random write
performance.
1
Innovative Helium Design
The Exos X12 hard drive is built on a rock-solid sealed-drive design. A wrought-aluminum base and a
helium sealed-drive design with no porosity and uniform density are designed with superior material and
wide-weld design for a more robust, hermetically sealed-drive enclosure. Exos X12 hard drives
incorporate digital environmental sensors for measuring pressure in the drive, helping to ensure high
reliability, performance and quality.
Enhanced Enterprise Reliability, Data Protection and Security
Seagate is the industry leader in data-at-rest protection with the broadest offering of technologies to
help ensure reliable, trusted products. 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.
Seagate Secure models meet the NIST 800-88 media sanitization specification and support the Trusted
Computer Group (TCG) standard.
2
The X class Exos X12 hard drive is a proven, enterprise-class hard
drive with maximum reliability backed by a 2.5 million hour MTBF.
1 Compared to 8TB competitive product
2 Seagate Secure models not available in all countries. May require TCG-compliant host or controller support.