
Seagate Exos E 4U106
Perfect for enterprise & private clouds, high-performance computing, and multi-petabyte storage
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Overview:
Exos E Series — JBOD Building Blocks
Seagate Exos E 4U106 is the datasphere’s largest building block delivering industry-first capacity and density without sacrificing data access speed.
Modular Systems for Capacity
From reliability to intelligence, the Exos systems provide unfettered access to data and industry-first economics for lower TCO and highest capacity.
JBODS
High-capacity building blocks that easily grow with enterprises of any size.
Product Highlights
- Scale your data center with this very high density storage platform
- Minimize a data center’s footprint and power consumption while maximizing storage space
- Eliminate efficiency-draining acoustic interference with the proprietary noise attenuator
- Maintain your data center easily with toolless drive carriers that save hours of time
- Ensure data is constantly available with hot-swappable controllers, PSUs, system fan modules, drives, and expander cards
Capacity
Limitless data growth
Scalability
Industry-first economics
Security
Keep your data safe
Build Exabyte-Scale Data Centers
Increase the amount of data that fits in a 4U rack by leveraging up to 106 of our high-capacity hard drives or solid-state drives in a single enclosure that holds an unprecedented capacity of business intelligence. With an overall maximum bandwidth of 36GB/s, you can access mission-critical and archival data with lightning speed.
Deliver Versatile Architecture Built to Grow
This flexible enclosure includes support and capabilities to manage cables, universal ports, self-configuration controls, and standardized zoning. As the largest building block of our modular systems— which make all critical components interchangeable regardless of size or budget— this platform sets the new standard for data center solutions with extremely high density and capacity, all with noteworthy reliability and performance.
Easy to Set Up, Maintain, and Expand
This system’s user-focused design reduces support calls and minimizes system downtime. Its modularity makes it first-in-class for reliability, easy setup, maintenance, and expansion via hot-swappable expanders and dual data paths, as well as redundant I/O modules, fans, and power supplies. Additionally, this system features toolless drive carriers that allow an administrator to snap drives into the 106 bays in seconds.
Reduce Cost and Resources With Energy-Efficient Features
This enclosure is suited for high data retention requirements that are expected to grow. Innovative drive placement maximizes airflow and minimizes power consumption, while unique performance, efficiency, and scalability features provide an exceptionally low TCO.
Build In Security at the Foundation of the Data Life Cycl
Protect your most valuable business assets with Seagate Secure™ cybersecurity features.
Features:
Build Exabyte-Scale Data Centers
This platform sets the new standard for data center solutions with extremely high density and capacity, all with unparalleled reliability and performance.
Increase the amount of data that fits in a 4U rack by leveraging up to 106 of our high-capacity hard drives in a single enclosure. The density advantage and compact unit, saving rack space, is a long run TCO benefit to customers.


Built-in Performance
With an overall maximum bandwidth of 36 GB/s customers can access mission-critical and archival data with lightning speed
Unique Acoustic Shield feature maximizes performance. Provides meta-data and caching in the same system. Deploy a tiered solution inside the box with fast SSD for metadata access - accessing your information as fast as possible. Includes meta-data and caching in the same system. Deploy a tiered solution inside the box with fast SSD for metadata access - accessing your information as fast as possible.
Versatile Architecture
This flexible enclosure includes support and capabilities to manage cables, universal ports, self-configuration controls, and standardized zoning.
Your data center is modular - the solution allows one to create an easily serviceable ecosystem with Seagate AP and EBOD products. System can be split into 2 nodes using zoning with 53 drive (3.5” or 2.5”) assigned to one controller. Future-proof your system with pre-qualified support for next-generation Seagate 3.5” high-capacity hard drives. Uniquely designed and is the highest performing system with the most drives - all designed to work together.

Compare:
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Exos E 4U106 | Exos E 2U12 | Exos E 2U24 | Exos E 5U84 | |
Controllers | 4U106 JBOD IOM, up to 36 GB/s throughput | Exos E IOM. 14.4 GB/s single I/O and 28.8 GB/s dual I/O. | ||
Host I/O Interface (defined by controller) | Four x4 12Gb/s mini-SAS HD connectors (SFF-8644) per I/O module | Three x4 12Gb/s mini-SAS HD connectors (SFF-8644) per I/O module | ||
Management Interface | 2 x 1GbE | |||
Total EBOD Chassis | Up to 4 | Up to 12 | Up to 6 | Up to 4 |
TB Per Chassis | 1.9 PB (* using 18 TB 3.5" SAS Drive) |
216 TB (* using 18TB 3.5” SAS Drives) |
57.6 TB (* using 2.4TB 2.5” SAS Drives) |
1.5 PB (* using 18 TB 3.5" SAS Drives) |
Specifications:
Exos E 4U106 Specifications | |
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Redundant Path | Yes (SAS only) |
Host/Expansion I/O Ports | Four ×4 mini-SAS HD Expansion I/O connectors per I/O module |
Management/Status Reporting | In-band SCSI Enclosure Services |
Device Support | 12Gb/s SAS drives (contact your account or sales manager about 6Gb/s SATA) |
Max Drives per Enclosure | 106 (for a full list of supported drives, please contact your account or sales manager) |
Hot-Swappable Components | Hard drives, power supply units (PSUs), cooling modules, side-plane expanders, and I/O modules |
Physical | Height (with top cover): 176.4mm / 6.95 in | Width (without ears and rails): 441mm / 17.4 in | Depth (with handles, without cables): 1139mm / 44.8 in | Weight 45kg / 99 lb | Weight (with drives): 141kg / 310 lb1 |
Power Requirements | |
Input Power Requirements | 200VAC-240VAC, 50Hz/60Hz |
Max Power Output per PSU | 2000W |
Environmental Requirements | |
Operating/Nonoperating Altitude | –100m to 3000m (–330 ft to 10,000 ft) / –100m to 12,192m (–330 ft to 40,000 ft) |
Operating/Nonoperating Temperature | ASHRAE A2, 5°C to 35°C (41°F to 95°F) derate 1°C for every 300m above 900m / –40°C to +70°C (–40°F to +158°F) |
Operating/Nonoperating Humidity | –12°C DP and 8% RH to 21°C DP and 80% RH, Max DP 21°C, Max rate of change (°C/hr): 5/20 / 5% to 100% noncondensing |
Operating/Nonoperating Shock2 | 3 Gs, 11ms (per axis) / 15 Gs, 7ms, 10 shock pulse |
Operating/Nonoperating Vibration3 | 0.18 Gs rms, 5Hz to 500Hz, 30 min per axis / 0.54 Gs rms (in Z) 0.25 Gs rms (in X & Y), 6Hz to 200Hz |
1Weight with drives includes CMA and rack rails, as well as 1.8 lb per drive.
2Nonoperating shock measured with 2 shocks per axis X, Y in positive and negative direction and 2 shocks in positive Z axis
3Nonoperating vibration measured with chassis mounted on test fixture for 4 hrs in each axis (ISTA 3E)
Documentation:
Download the Seagate Exos E 4U106 Datasheet (.PDF)
Pricing Notes:
- Pricing and product availability subject to change without notice.