Seagate Exos M 30TB HDD Review

1. Introduction2. Seagate Exos M 30TB3. Testing Methodology4. ATTO Disk Benchmark5. 4K Random Performance6. Throughput7. Workload Scenarios8. UL Solutions PCMark 10 Data Drive Benchmark9. SPEC Workstation 3.110. Real Life File Testing11. Closing Thoughts12. View All Pages

We tested the 30TB Exos M with a number of scenarios that it may face in the real world. The settings for these scenarios are as follows.

File Server
512MB file size, 16KB Block size
80% Read 20% Write 100% Random
I/O queue depth 128

Web Server
1GB file size, 16KB Block size
100% Read 0% Write 100% Random
I/O queue depth 64

Database
2GB file size, 4KB Block size
90% Read 10% Write, 90% Random, 10% Sequential
I/O depth 128

Workstation
1GB file size, 16KB Block size
70% Read 30% Write, 100% Random, 0% Sequential
I/O depth 6

File Server

Web Server

Database

Workstation

Apart from the File Server test (where it's the fastest drive to date), the Exos M doesn't seem to handle the other workload tests that well.

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