Seagate manufactures hard drives that specifically address the needs of the hyperscale storage market. As the flagship of the Seagate X class, the Exos X16 enterprise hard drives are the highest-capacity hard drives in the fleet. 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 & Ceph Enterprise backup & restore- D2D, virtual tape Centralized surveillance Maximum Storage Capacity for Highest Rack Space Efficiency Industrys first 16TB drive for 33% more petabytes per rack 1 Highest 16TB hard drive performance with enhanced caching, making it perfect for cloud data center & massive scale-out data center applications Hyperscale SATA model tuned for large data transfers & low latency Power Balance TM feature optimizes Watts/TB Helium sealed-drive design delivers lower total cost of ownership through lower power & weight Next-generation helium side-sealing weld technology for added handling robustness & leak protection Digital environmental sensors to monitor internal drive conditions for optimal operation & performance Data protection & security: Seagate Secure TM features for safe, affordable, fast, & easy drive retirement Proven enterprise-class reliability backed by 5-year limited warranty & 2.5M-hr MTBF rating