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Seagate Exos X24 internal hard drive 20 TB 7200 RPM 512 MB 3.5" Serial ATA III

20 To, 7200 rpm, 512 Mo cache and rotational vibration sensors

Manufacturer reference ST20000NM002H

60 /100 Its best score: the largest capacity, rated "very large" on its category’s scale.

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What the Seagate Exos X24 internal hard drive 20 TB 7200 RPM 512 MB 3.5" Serial ATA III is worth

The Seagate Exos X24 is an internal 3.5 inch hard drive with 20 To of capacity, spinning at 7200 rpm and using a Série ATA III interface at 6 Gbit/s. It includes a 512 Mo buffer and weighs 685 g.

Its measurements place the drive among those designed for intensive use: a mean time between failures of 2500000 hours, a non recoverable bit error rate below 1 per 10^15 bits read, and rotational vibration sensors to maintain performance in multi drive environments. Power draw stays moderate, from 6.3 W idle to 8.9 W during read operations.

Average transfer rate reaches 285 Mo/s, with an average latency of 4.16 ms, figures consistent with a drive built for large volume storage.

This drive suits PC setups requiring large storage capacity combined with measured long term reliability, typically servers, NAS units or storage oriented workstations.

What the spec sheet says

  • 20 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Serial ATA III
  • PC HDD
  • Storage drive buffer size: 512 MB
  • 6 Gbit/s
  • Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate (UBER): < 1 per 10^15 bits read
  • 685 g

Its scores, criterion by criterion

Scores out of 100, calculated from the datasheet and compared with the market. The full method is public.

Capacity Very large

20,000 GB · category median: 1,800 GB

Speed Basic

7,200 RPM · category median: 8,600 RPM

Interface speed Limited

6 Gbit/s · category median: 12 Gbit/s

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Specifications

Features 14
HDD capacity 20 TB
HDD speed 7200 RPM
Storage drive buffer size 512 MB
HDD size 3.5"
Interface Serial ATA III
Type HDD
Component for PC
HDD interface transfer rate 6 Gbit/s
HDD sustained transfer rate 272 MiB/s
HDD average transfer rate 285 MB/s
Average latency 4.16 ms
Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate (UBER) < 1 per 10^15 bits read
Rotational Vibration (RV) sensors Yes
Mean time between failures (MTBF) 2500000 h
Power 4
Power consumption (read) 8.9 W
Power consumption (write) 7.1 W
Power consumption (idle) 6.3 W
Operating voltage 5 / 12 V
Weight & dimensions 4
Width 101.8 mm
Height 26.1 mm
Depth 147 mm
Weight 685 g

Who this model suits

It’s for you if

Your first criterion is the capacity: it happens to be its best score.
You want a good score on the speed, above its category average.
You prefer a model tracked across several merchants, to buy at the right time.

Skip it if

Its lowest score is on the interface speed: skip it if that is decisive for you.

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from this model’s datasheet.

Les capteurs de vibrations rotatives détectent les vibrations du disque, notamment en environnement multi-disques, afin de préserver la stabilité et la fiabilité du fonctionnement.

Le temps moyen entre pannes annoncé est de 2 500 000 heures, avec un taux d’erreur non corrigeable inférieur à 1 pour 10^15 bits lus.

Le disque consomme 8,9 W en lecture, 7,1 W en écriture et 6,3 W en veille, sous une tension de fonctionnement de 5 ou 12 V.

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