Toshiba Announces 5TB High-Capacity Nearline Enterprise HDDs
Industry’s first enterprise capacity drives to feature Persistent Write Cache technology
Düsseldorf, Germany, 13th February 2014 - Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has launched a new range of 7,200 RPM hard disc drives (HDDs) engineered for nearline business-critical workloads. The MG04 series HDDs are available in capacities up to 5TB1 and are the industry’s first enterprise capacity drives to feature Persistent Write Cache technology. This optional feature enables improved application performance and data-loss protection in the event of unexpected power loss.
The drives provide a 25% increase in maximum capacity and a 24% increase in maximum data rate at outer diameter (OD) compared to previous-generation, MG03 series drives. At a time when businesses are struggling to cope with an explosion of digital data, the higher storage densities will help save server rack space and reduce the footprint of business critical servers and storage systems such as those used in capacity optimized data centres.
Housed in industry standard 3.5 inch (8.9 cm) form factor, the MG04 series drives are available in models that support either 512e or 4Kn advanced format storage modes. The 4Kn drives offer optimum performance and compatibility with the latest applications and operating environments. The 512e compatible drives provide support for legacy applications and operating environments that require 512byte sector lengths.
Equipped with either 6Gb/s SAS (MG04SCA) or 6Gb/s SATA (MG04ACA) interfaces, the MG04 series can also be supplied with Toshiba’s Sanitize Instant Erase (SIE) functionality.
“Cloud storage and data centre operators are facing a boom in demand for data storage capacity, driving increased demand for nearline storage drives,” said Martin Larsson, Vice President, Toshiba Electronics Europe, Storage Products Division. “The MG04 nearline series perfectly balances capacity and performance to enable data centres and cloud storage providers to meet the demand for increased storage capacity while minimizing rack space requirements.”
For more information please visit the Toshiba storage website at http://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
[2] One megabyte (1MB) = 1,000,000 bytes, One gigabyte (1GB) = 1,000,000,000 bytes, One terabyte (1TB) = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes
[3] One mebibyte (1 MiB) = 220 bytes = 1,048,576 bytes
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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
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