The Seagate Exos M 28TB ST28000NM003K is a 3.5-inch hard drive for enterprise and cloud data-center storage. It is helium-sealed and uses conventional magnetic recording (CMR). It spins at 7,200RPM and connects over SATA 6Gb/s.
It is designed for always-on enterprise infrastructure, bulk data, backup, archive and large-scale storage pools. PowerChoice and PowerBalance let compatible systems manage idle power and balance watts per terabyte against performance. The drive supports hot-plug operation when the host, controller and operating procedure support it.
The drive has a 2.5 million hour MTBF rating and a 0.35% AFR. Its maximum sustained transfer rate of up to 270MB/s is measured at the outer diameter.
- Model
- Seagate Exos M ST28000NM003K
- Capacity
- 28TB
- Form factor
- 3.5-inch
- Interface
- SATA 6Gb/s
- Recording
- CMR (conventional magnetic recording)
- Rotation speed
- 7,200RPM
- Cache
- 512MB
- Sustained transfer
- Up to 270MB/s
- Workload
- 550TB/year
- MTBF
- 2.5 million hours
- AFR
- 0.35%
- Power management
- PowerChoice and PowerBalance
- Hot-plug
- Supported when host, controller and procedure allow
- Warranty
- Five-year limited