Overview

Seagate Exos 28TB Enterprise SATA Hard Drive for Cloud and Data Center Storage
Built for organizations that require exceptional storage density, the Seagate Exos 28TB enterprise hard drive delivers massive capacity while maintaining reliable performance for demanding workloads. Its helium sealed design helps reduce power consumption and drive weight, making it an excellent choice for hyperscale environments, cloud infrastructure, enterprise storage arrays, and large-scale backup systems. With optimized performance for large data transfers and low latency, this factory recertified drive is designed to maximize storage efficiency across high-capacity deployments.

Description

The Seagate Exos 28TB SATA hard drive is engineered for enterprise environments where reliability, scalability, and storage density are critical. Designed with advanced helium sealed technology and digital environmental sensors, it helps maintain efficient operation while supporting continuous workloads. The ST28000NM000C model is ideal for cloud data centers, RAID storage, distributed file systems, and enterprise backup platforms that require dependable high-capacity storage.

Features

Built for Enterprise Storage
Designed to meet the demands of modern data centers, the Exos 28TB provides outstanding storage capacity while helping reduce rack space requirements. Its high-capacity design enables businesses to store more data per server and per rack, improving overall infrastructure efficiency.

The helium sealed construction contributes to lower power usage while reducing the drive's overall weight. Advanced sealing technology also improves durability and leak protection for long-term enterprise operation.

Performance Highlights
Optimized for large-scale enterprise workloads, this drive delivers responsive performance for continuous operation and high-capacity storage applications.

Key performance details include:

• 28TB storage capacity
• 3.5-inch enterprise hard disk drive
• 7200 RPM spindle speed
• SATA III 6Gb/s interface
• Up to 190MB/s maximum sustained transfer rate
• Average latency of 4.16ms
• 512e sector format
• Helium sealed-drive design
• Digital environmental sensors for internal monitoring
• PowerBalance technology to improve watts per terabyte efficiency

Ideal Deployment Environments
The Seagate Exos series is purpose-built for enterprise infrastructure that requires dependable, high-density storage.

Recommended applications include:

• Hyperscale cloud data centers
• Large-scale enterprise data centers
• Big data platforms
• High-capacity RAID storage
• Enterprise external storage arrays
• Distributed file systems including Hadoop and Ceph
• Enterprise backup and disk-to-disk recovery
• Virtual tape environments

Enterprise Security and Efficiency
The drive includes Seagate Secure capabilities that help simplify secure drive retirement while protecting valuable business data. Combined with its efficient power profile and enterprise-focused design, it offers an effective solution for organizations looking to reduce operational costs while expanding storage capacity.

Technical Summary

• Manufacturer: Seagate
• Product Series: Exos
• Part Number / SKU: ST28000NM000C
• Capacity: 28TB
• Form Factor: 3.5-inch
• Interface: SATA III 6Gb/s
• Rotational Speed: 7200 RPM
• Sector Size: 512e
• Maximum Sustained Transfer Rate: 190MB/s
• Average Latency: 4.16ms
• Drive Design: Helium Sealed
• Drive Type: Factory Recertified Enterprise Hard Disk Drive

Whether you are expanding a cloud infrastructure, upgrading enterprise storage, or building a high-capacity RAID environment, the Seagate Exos ST28000NM000C delivers the storage density, efficiency, and enterprise-class performance required for today's data-intensive workloads.

Specifications

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Specifications
Product Code	ST28000NM000C
Specifications	SATA 6Gb/s
Product Name	Exos
CMR Capacity	28TB
Standard Model (512E)	ST28000NM000C
Features
CMR	Yes
Helium Sealed-Drive Design	Yes
Super Parity	Yes
Low Halogen	Yes
PowerChoice Idle Power Technology	Yes
PowerBalance Power/Performance Technology	Yes
Hot-Plug Support	Yes
Cache, Multisegmented (MB)	512
Organic Solderability Preservative	Yes
RSA 3072 Firmware Verification (SD&D)	Yes
Reliability and Data Integrity
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF, hours)	2500000hr
Reliability Rating @ Full 24 x 7 Operation (AFR)	0.35%
Nonrecoverable Read Errors per Bits Read	1 sector per 10E15
Power-On Hours per Year (24 x 7)	8760
512e Sector Size (Bytes per Sector)	512e
Performance
Spindle Speed (RPM)	7200
Interface Access Speed (Gb/s)	6.0, 3.0
Max. Sustained Transfer Rate OD (MB/s,MiB/s)	190MB/s / 181MiB/s
Random Read/Write 4K QD16 WCD (IOPS)	170 / 320
Average Latency (ms)	4.16
Interface Ports	Single
Rotation Vibration @ 20-1500 Hz (rad/sec²)	12.5
Power Consumption
Idle A (W) Average	6.7W
Max Operating, Random Read 4K/16Q (W)	10.5W
Power Supply Requirements	+12V and +5V
Environmental
Temperature, Operating (degreesC) - drive reported	10C - 60C
Vibration, Nonoperating: 2 to 500Hz (Grms)	2.27
Shock, Operating 2ms (Read/Write) (Gs)	30Gs
Shock, Nonoperating 2ms (Gs)	200
Physical
Height (mm/in, max) 3	26.1mm/1.028in
Width (mm/in, max) 3	101.85mm/4.010in
Depth (mm/in, max) 3	147.0mm/5.787in
Weight (gm/lb)	695g/1.532lb
Carton Unit Quantity	20
Cartons per Pallet/Cartons per Layer	40 / 8