Powerful performance with proven technology—Seagate’s ® Exos® X22 drives are built off the platform that’s shipped millions globally and deployed in leading cloud service provider solutions—making them the most sought-after drives in our datasphere. Designed with the highest rack-space efficiency and protected with Seagate Secure™, Exos X22 offers extreme market-leading capacity, earning customer confidence by delivering trusted peace of mind.
Maximum Storage Capacity for Highest Rack Space Efficiency
Market-leading 22TB HDD offering the highest capacity available for more petabytes per rack
Highly reliable performance with enhanced caching—making it the logical choice for cloud data center and massive scale-out data center applications
Hyperscale SATA model tuned for large data transfers and low latency
PowerBalance™ feature optimizes watts per TB
Maximize total cost of ownership savings through lower power and weight with helium-sealed drive design
Proven helium side-sealing weld technology for added handling, robustness, and leak protection
Digital environmental sensors to monitor internal drive conditions for optimal operation and performance
Data protection and security — featuring Seagate Secure for safe, affordable, fast, and easy drive retirement

Specifications | SATA 6Gb/s |
Capacity | 22TB |
Standard Model FastFormat™ (512e/4Kn) | ST22000NM001E |
SED Model FastFormat (512e/4Kn) | ST22000NM002E |
SED-FIPS FastFormat (512e/4Kn) | — |
Features |
Helium Sealed-Drive Design | Yes |
Conventional Magnetic Recording (CMR) | Yes |
Protection Information (T10 DIF) | - |
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/Data Integrity |
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF, hours) | 2500000hr |
Reliability Rating @ Full 24×7 Operation (AFR) | 0.35% |
Nonrecoverable Read Errors per Bits Read | 1 sector per 10E15 |
Power-On Hours per Year (24×7) | 8760 |
512e Sector Size (Bytes per Sector) | 512 |
4Kn Sector Size (Bytes per Sector) | 4096 |
Performance |
Spindle Speed (RPM) | 7200RPM |
Interface Access Speed (Gb/s) | 6.0, 3.0 |
Max. Sustained Transfer Rate OD (MB/s,MiB/s) | 285/272 |
Random Read/Write 4K QD16 WCD (IOPS) | 168/550 |
Average Latency (ms) | 4.16ms |
Interface Ports | Single |
Rotation Vibration @ 20-1500 Hz (rad/sec²) | 12.5 |
Power Consumption |
Idle A (W) Average | 5.74W |
Max Operating, Random Read/Write 4K/16Q (W) | 9.4, 6.4 |
Power Supply Requirements | +12 V and +5 V |
Environmental |
Temperature, Operating (°C) | 5°C – 60°C |
Vibration, Nonoperating: 2 to 500Hz (Grms) | 2.27 |
Shock, Operating 2ms (Read/Write) (Gs) | 40Gs |
Shock, Nonoperating, 2ms (Gs) | 200 |
Physical |
Height (in/mm, max) | 1.028in/26.11mm |
Width (in/mm, max) | 4.010in/101.85mm |
Depth (in/mm, max) | 5.787in/147.0mm |
Weight (gm/lb) | 680g/1.499lb |