Seagate ST16000NM001G

Aug 3, 2026

Seagate ST16000NM001G 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 16 TB and featuring a SAS interface. Seagate ST16000NM001G Exos X16 16 TB 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive SAS 12 Gb/s 7200 RPM 256 MB Buffer.

All information about the Seagate ST16000NM001G hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently asked questions, reviews, HDD repair and data recovery.

Seagate ST16000NM001G Technical Details:

Manufacturer:

Seagate

Hard Disk Model:

ST16000NM001G

Disk Family:

Exos X16 (Enterprise SAS)

Form Factor:

3.5″

Capacity:

16 TB (16,000,000,000,000 bytes)

Formatted Capacity:

Approximately 14.55 TB

Rotational Speed:

7200 RPM

Average Seek Time:

8.0 ms (read) / 8.6 ms (write)

Disk Interface:

SAS 12 Gb/s (Serial Attached SCSI)

Buffer Size:

262144 KB (256 MB)

External Transfer Rate:

1200 MB/s

Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF):

2,500,000 hours

Workload Rating:

550 TB/year

Note: The Seagate ST16000NM001G is part of the Exos X16 series, an enterprise-class SAS hard drive line designed for data center workloads.

Seagate ST16000NM001G Hard Drives:

ST16000NM001G, ZL2, TK, PN 2KK103-002, FW SN02, Seagate 16TB SATA 3.5 Hard Drive

Seagate ST16000NM001G Failure Symptoms:

Electrical Failure Symptoms:
Drive is powered, but shows no sign of function;
Disk knocking as the motor fails to spin;
Clicking sound as the heads search or initialize;
Mechanical Failure Symptoms:
Clicking, grinding sounds;
Completely quiet due to ” motor freeze”;
“music” tone as the disk is powered up;
Logical Failure Examples:
Accidental deletion, accidental format, file corruption, software bugs, file system corruption, viruses and malware, and many, many more.
Firmware Failure Symptoms:
drive powers up, but is not recognised by the computer;
Drive powers up, but is recognised wrongly, sometimes with nonsensical characters;
Drive freezes during booting up;
Bad Platter Area Symptoms:
Hard disk still accessible but appear to “hang” or “sluggish”;
Constant Cyclic Redundancy (CRC) errors;
Unable to access folders or files which could be seen;
Complex Failure Model

Seagate ST16000NM001G Data Recovery & HDD Repair:

When it comes to data recovery one of the most common problems Seagate ST16000NM001G hard drive experience is a burned circuit board (PCB). Therefore, if you need to replace the PCB, be sure to match the “PCB Number” of the current board, such as 100833707, etc.

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