Toshiba Announces 5TB, 7,200 RPM Enterprise HDD

Low latency HDD suited for cloud-based workloads

Düsseldorf, Germany, 22nd May 2014 – Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) announces the MC04ACAxxx series of enterprise high-capacity hard disk drives (HDD) designed for bulk storage systems and servers supporting cloud-based applications and analytic workloads. With a 3.5-inch form factor, the MC04ACAxxx series delivers up to 5TB[1] of storage with 7,200 rotations per minute (RPM) performance making the MC04ACAxxx series suitable for workloads and storage requirements generated by cloud computing.

The MC04ACAxxx series is available in 2TB, 3TB, 4TB, and 5TB capacities and supports the industry-standard cloud use-case workloads rating of up to 180TB per year, more than three times the industry-standard workload rating of desktop class HDDs. The MC04ACAxxx series supports 1TB per platter areal density, thus saving rack space and reducing the footprint and operational burden of cloud workload servers and storage systems.

With up to 5TB storage capacity per host connection, the newest Toshiba HDD series boosts capacity per SATA port and enables fewer disks to handle the same storage capacity, reducing power and cooling costs on a per TB basis when compared to prior generation models with lower capacity per spindle. The new series also boasts 6Gbit/s[2]  SATA interface speeds and Advanced Format sector technology, allowing compatibility with legacy applications and operating environments using aligned writes.

“Our customers need efficient, high-capacity storage for their cloud-based servers and storage platforms,” said Martin Larsson, Vice President, Toshiba Electronics Europe, Storage Products Division. “With capacity points up to 5TB and 7200rpm performance, the Toshiba MC04ACAxxx series delivers the capabilities that today’s scale-out cloud architecture and use-cases require.”

Samples of Toshiba’s MC04ACAxxx series are available on a limited basis.

For more information on Toshiba’s portfolio of industry-leading solid state drives, hard drives and hybrid storage solutions, visit www.storage.toshiba.eu.

[1] One megabyte (1MB) = 1,000,000 bytes, One gigabyte (1GB) = 1,000,000,000 bytes, One terabyte (1TB) = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. One mebibyte (MiB) = 1,048,576

[2] Read and write speed may vary depending on the host device, read and write conditions, and file size.

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About Toshiba Electronics Europe
Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) is the European electronic components business of Toshiba Corporation, which is ranked among the world’s largest semiconductor vendors. TEE offers one of the industry's broadest IC and discrete product lines including high-end memory, microcontrollers, ASICs and ASSPs for automotive, multimedia, industrial, telecoms and networking applications. The company also has a wide range of power semiconductor solutions as well as storage products like HDDs, SSDs, SD Cards and USB sticks.
TEE was formed in 1973 in Neuss, Germany, providing design, manufacturing, marketing and sales and now has headquarters in Düsseldorf, Germany, with branch offices in France, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. TEE employs approximately 300 people in Europe. Company president is Mr. Takashi Nagasawa.

For more company information visit TEE’s web site at www.toshiba-components.com

About Toshiba 
Toshiba Corporation is a world-leading diversified manufacturer, solutions provider and marketer of advanced electronic and electrical products and systems. Toshiba Group brings innovation and imagination to a wide range of businesses: digital products, including LCD TVs, notebook PCs, retail solutions and MFPs; electronic devices, including semiconductors, storage products and materials; industrial and social infrastructure systems, including power generation systems, smart community solutions, medical systems and escalators & elevators; and home appliances. Toshiba was founded in 1875, and today operates a global network of more than 590 consolidated companies, with 206,000 employees worldwide and annual sales surpassing US$61 billion.

Visit Toshiba's web site at  www.toshiba.co.jp/index.htm

Contact details for publication: 
Toshiba Electronics Europe, Hansaallee 181, D-40549 Düsseldorf, Germany 
Tel:    +49 (0) 211 5296 0  Fax: +49 (0) 211 5296 792197 
Web:  www.storage.toshiba.eu 
E-mail:  spdinfo@tee.toshiba.de

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May 2014          Ref: 6525/A     HDD

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