| Specifications | SATA 6 Gb/s |
| Capacity | 18TB |
| SED Model FastFormat (512e/4Kn) | ST18000NM001J |
| Features | |
| Helium Sealed-Drive Design | Yes |
| Conventional Magnetic Recording (CMR) | Yes |
| Protection Information (T10 DIF) | — |
| SuperParity | Yes |
| Low Halogen | Yes |
| PowerChoice™ Idle Power Technology | Yes |
| PowerBalance™ Power/Performance Technology | Yes |
| Hot-Plug Support | Yes |
| Cache, Multi-segmented (MB) | 256 |
| Organic Solderability Preservative | Yes |
| RSA 3072 Firmware Verification (SD&D) | Yes |
| Reliability/Data Integrity | |
| Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF, hours) | 2 500 000 |
| Reliability Rating @ Full 24×7 Operation (AFR) | 0,35% |
| Non-recoverable Read Errors per Bits Read | 1 sector per 10E15 |
| Power-On Hours per Year (24×7) | 8 760 |
| 512e Sector Size (Bytes per Sector) | 512 |
| 4Kn Sector Size (Bytes per Sector) | 4,096 |
| Limited Warranty (years) | 5 |
| Performance | |
| Spindle Speed (RPM) | 7,200 RPM |
| Interface Access Speed (Gb/s) | 6.0, 3.0 |
| Max. Sustained Transfer Rate OD (MB/s, MiB/s) | 270/258 |
| Random Read/Write 4K QD16 WCD (IOPS) | 170/550 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 4,16 |
| Interface Ports | Single |
| Rotation Vibration @ 20-1500 Hz (rad/sec²) | 12,5 |
| POWER CONSUMPTION | |
| Idle A (W) Average | 5 W |
| 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, Non-operating: 2 to 500 Hz (Grms) | 2,27 |
| Shock, Operating 2 ms (Read/Write) (Gs) | 50 |
| Shock, Non-operating 2 ms (GS) | 200 |
| Physical | |
| Height (mm/in, max) | 26.11 mm/1.028 in |
| Width (mm/in, max) | 101.85 mm/4.01 in |
| Depth (mm/in, max) | 147 mm/5.787 in |
| Weight (lb/g) | 670 g/1.477 lb |
| Carton Unit Quantity | 20 |
| Cartons per Pallet / Cartons per Layer | 40/8 |