Seagate expands Exos Mach.2 hard drive range
 

Higher capacity increased performance

Seagate has quietly expanded its family of dual-actuator Exos Mach.2 hard drives.

*The new Exos 2X16 and 2X18 HDDs can match SATA solid-state drives in terms of sequential read and write speeds while offering capacities of 16TB and 18TB (up from 14TB).

The new Seagate Exos 2X18 family comprises six models. There are two 18TB HDDs with a SATA 6 Gbps and SAS 12 Gbps interface and two 16TB SKUs. SAS drives are always offered with an encryption option.

Seagate says that the Exos 2X18/2X16 SATA versions boast a maximum sustained transfer rate of 554 MBps, whereas SAS models are rated for a maximum sustained transfer rate of 545 MBps.

All four drives also feature an average latency of 4.16 ms and 304/560 random read/write IOPS (4K QD16).

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