Seagate Unveils Exos X20 20TB Hard Drives with CMR Technology

In response to the growing demand for massive amounts of data storage, Seagate Technology introduced the Exos X20 20TB HDD SATA drive, which uses Traditional Magnetic Recording (CMR) technology. According to the manufacturer, they “open up new possibilities for storing large amounts of data.”

Seagate Exos X20 enterprise SATA HDD drives maximize rack space utilization. Designed for cloud storage and hyper-scale data centers, they feature 4.16ms latency and consistent response times, coupled with advanced caching, delivering up to 3x performance gains over read-only or write-cached models.

The data transfer speed reaches 285 MB/s. Data safety is ensured by Seagate Secure technology. The MTBF is stated to be 2.5 million hours. Exos X20 drives can be used in the recently announced Seagate Exos CORVAULT storage system. A 4U unit accommodates 106 drives, which is equivalent to 2.12 PB of data.

With low latency of 4.16ms and repeatable response times, Exos X20 provides enhanced caching that performs up to three times better than solutions that only utilize read or write caching. With available Seagate Secure technology and a 2.5M-hr MTBF rating, enterprises count on Exos X20 to realize their greatest data and operational efficiencies, and highest storage densities in the datasphere.

Exos X20 price and availability

20TB HDD Exos X20 costs $499.99, and it is already available to purchase via the Amazon.com and Newegg.com websites.

Along with this 20 TB SATA HDD hard drive, Seagate technology has also introduced the IronWolf Pro 20TB HDD SATA drives that are optimized for NAS use. In particular, the built-in rotational vibration sensors and AgileArray technology provide exceptional reliability in RAID operation, even under the highest workloads that can be found in small and medium businesses. These NAS Hard Drive models are rated for 300 TB workloads per year. The data transfer speed reaches 285 MB/s.