| Identification |
| Brand |
Seagate |
| Series |
Exos 7E10 |
| Product Name |
Seagate Exos 7E10 8TB Enterprise Hard Drive |
| Part Number |
ST8000NM017B |
| MPN |
ST8000NM017B |
| EAN / GTIN |
8719706022149 — from the retail carton; Seagate publishes no EAN in its datasheets for this part |
| UPC |
Not published by Seagate |
| Interface and Security |
| Interface |
SATA 6Gb/s — 6.0, 3.0 and 1.5 Gb/s supported |
| Maximum Interface Transfer Rate |
600 MB/s |
| Security Option |
Standard — no self-encryption. At 8 TB the SED version is the ST8000NM019B, the SED-FIPS 140-3 version is the ST8000NM021B, the Instant Secure Erase version is the ST8000NM023B and the PowerBalance version is the ST8000NM025B |
| Sector Format |
512e as shipped, field-convertible to 4Kn via FastFormat — conversion erases all data on the drive |
| Block Sizes Supported |
512 and 4096 bytes — the 520 and 528 byte sizes are SAS-only and are not available on this drive |
| Drive |
| Capacity |
8TB |
| Form Factor |
3.5-inch |
| Recording Technology |
CMR (conventional magnetic recording) — not SMR |
| Drive Design |
Not published by Seagate — neither the datasheet nor the product manual states whether the Exos 7E10 is helium-filled or air-filled |
| Rotational Speed |
7200 RPM |
| Cache |
256 MB |
| Sustained Transfer Rate |
255 MB/s maximum, 243 MiB/s at the outer diameter |
| Average Latency |
4.16 ms |
| Height |
26.1 mm |
| Weight |
716 g |
| Heads / Discs |
8 heads / 4 discs |
| Reliability |
| Workload Rate Limit |
550 TB per year |
| MTBF |
2,000,000 hours |
| Annualised Failure Rate |
0.44% over a five-year service life |
| Unrecoverable Read Errors |
Fewer than 1 sector per 10E15 bits read |
| Power-On Hours |
8760 per year — rated for 24x7 operation |
| Load / Unload Cycles |
600,000 |
| Power, Acoustics and Environment |
| Idle Power |
6.84 W per the product manual (the datasheet quotes 7.06 W, a figure it shares with the 6 TB) |
| Operating Power |
10.82 W random read per the manual (the datasheet quotes 11.03 W) |
| Power Management |
PowerChoice idle power technology and PowerBalance performance/power balancing |
| Acoustics |
2.8 bels idle typical (3.0 maximum), 3.2 bels seek typical (3.4 maximum) |
| Operating Temperature |
5 degrees Celsius ambient to 60 degrees drive-reported (the product manual quotes 10 to 60 drive-reported) |
| Vibration |
0.70 Grms operating (5 to 500 Hz), 2.27 Grms non-operating (2 to 500 Hz) |
| Shock |
40 G operating, 200 G non-operating, 2 ms |
| Services and Support |
| Rescue Data Recovery |
Not included — Exos is a data-centre line; Rescue is bundled with IronWolf Pro and SkyHawk AI instead |
| Warranty |
1-Year Warranty (Singular) |
| Manufacturer Term |
Seagate publishes a 5-year limited warranty for Exos 7E10. Singular’s direct warranty is 1 year; beyond that we assist you with the manufacturer’s warranty process for its full duration. |