Mx11 family for hyperscalers and data centers delivers new levels of density and power efficiency

Düsseldorf, Germany, 10 September 2024 – Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH (Toshiba) announces the Mx11 family of helium-sealed Enterprise Capacity HDDs. The Mx11 family includes the MG11 Series, which provides capacities of up to 24TB^[1] using conventional magnetic recording (CMR), and the MA11 Series, which offers up to 28TB capacities with shingled magnetic recording (SMR).

The new Mx11 family is designed to deliver new levels of density and power efficiency to customers tasked with controlling (or managing) operational costs while meeting the relentless demands of data growth. Built on a common architecture, both products feature a 10-disk, helium-sealed, standard 3.5-inch^[2] 7,200rpm design that leverages Toshiba’s innovative flux control microwave assisted magnetic recording (FC-MAMR™) technology. Engineered for higher performance and 24/7 reliability, the Mx11 family is designed with a 1GiB^[3] buffer, a workload^[4] rating of 550TB per year, an MTTF/MTBF^[5] of 2.5 million hours, and an AFR^[5]  of 0.35%.

The MG11 CMR HDD Series enables cloud, data center, and enterprise storage customers to scale storage density within existing infrastructure rapidly. Built with a 1GiB buffer, the new 24TB HDD is faster^[6] than its predecessor, with an approximately 9% faster maximum sustained transfer speed of 295MiB/s^[7]. With a choice of 6Gbps SATA or 12Gbps SAS interfaces, the MG11 Series fits seamlessly into any data center to support data storage, online backup and archive, and video surveillance applications. In addition, for enhanced security^[8], the MG11 Series is available with sanitize instant erase (SIE) and self-encrypting drive (SED) options.

The MA11 Series achieves 2.8TB per disk using SMR technology. The host-managed SMR increases drive capacity by overlapping the physical tracks on the disk during write operations. Data centers with software that can optimize such a design will benefit from improved cost efficiencies through higher storage densities. The new MA11 Series is available in 28TB and 27TB capacities with a 6Gbps SATA interface and with SED options for enhanced security.

“Backed by 50 years of continuous HDD innovation, the Mx11 Series delivers new levels of capacity and total cost of ownership (TCO) efficiency, enabling customers to optimize operational costs while expanding their data center infrastructure,” said Larry Martinez-Palomo, Vice President, Head of Storage Products Division, Toshiba.

Sample shipments of the MG11 Series will start this month, and the MA11 Series in the fourth calendar quarter of this year.

For more information on the new products, please visit:

MG11: https://www.toshiba-storage.com/products/enterprise-capacity-hard-drive-mg-series/

MA11: https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/eu/storage/product/data-center-enterprise.html

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For more information on Toshiba’s full line of HDD storage products, please visit: toshiba-storage.com or toshiba.semicon-storage.com.

Notes:

[1] Definition of capacity: One terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes, but the actual available storage capacity may vary, depending on the operating environment and formatting. Available storage capacity (including examples of various media files) will vary based on file size, formatting, settings, software and operating system and/or pre-installed software applications, or media content. Actual formatted capacity may vary.

[2] “3.5-inch” is the form factor of HDDs. It does not indicate the drive’s physical size.

[3] A gibibyte (GiB) is 2³⁰, or 1,073,741,824 bytes.

[4] Workload is a measure of data throughput in a year. It is defined as the amount of data written, read or verified by commands from the host system.

[5] MTTF/MTBF (mean time to failure/mean time between failure) and AFR (annualized failure rate) is not a guarantee or estimate of the product life; rather it is a statistical value related to mean failure rates for a large number of products, which may not accurately reflect actual operation. AFR is defined as the annual operating hours divided by the mean time to failure. The actual product life of the product may vary.

[6] Comparison between the SATA interface 512e model “MG11ACA24TE” and the previous generation “MG10AFA22TE.”

[7] A mebibyte (MiB) is 2²⁰, or 1,048,576 bytes. Read and write speeds may vary depending on the host device, read and write conditions, and file size.

[8] The HDDs with any optional security function may not be available in countries where such HDDs are prohibited or limited due to export control and local regulations.

* Information in this document, including product prices and specifications, content of services and contact information, is current and believed to be accurate as of the date of the announcement, but is subject to change without prior notice.

* FC-MAMR™ is a trademark of Toshiba Devices & Storage Corporation.

* Other company names, product names, and service names may be trademarks of their respective companies.

 

The next-generation S300 Pro Surveillance HDDs deliver enhanced performance, reliability and power efficiency

Düsseldorf, Germany, 22 August 2024 – Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH (Toshiba) announces its next-generation S300 Pro Surveillance Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) targeting the latest requirements in the surveillance storage market. With capacities up to 10TB^[1] and double the buffer size^[2], the upgraded HDDs with conventional magnetic recording (CMR) technology enable surveillance system integrators, system installation providers, and end users to record, store and analyse their video streams from up to 64 high-definition (HD) cameras^[3].

The high scalable, 3.5-inch^[4] S300 Pro Surveillance HDDs, with capacity options of 4TB, 6TB, 8TB and 10TB, now support up to 24 bays, making them an excellent fit for large-scale video recording systems, delivering reliable operation even in the most demanding environments. Additionally, compared to the previous generation, the new S300 Pro provides a higher maximum sustained transfer speed of 268MiB/s^[5] and doubles the cache buffer size to 512MiB^[6]. The S300 Pro HDDs also reduce power consumption, delivering improved total cost of ownership (TCO).

With 24/7 operation, an enhanced annual workload of 300TB^[7] and mean time to failure (MTTF) of up to 1.2 million hours^[8], the S300 Pro can handle the increasing video analysis demands of mission-critical surveillance footage. The next-generation S300 Pro’s extended warranty period, from 3 to 5 years, demonstrates Toshiba’s high durability and engineering quality of its HDDs^[9].

“Specially optimised for large-scale video surveillance operations, where advanced video analytics, face recognition and editing are mission-critical features, Toshiba’s next-generation S300 Pro delivers enhanced performance, durability, and 24/7 reliability,” says Larry Martinez-Palomo, Vice President, Head of Storage Products Division, Toshiba. “The next-generation S300 Pro Surveillance HDDs demonstrate Toshiba’s commitment to continuously collaborate with industry-leading video surveillance system manufacturers and empower our partners and customers to benefit from our range of high-quality Surveillance HDD portfolio.”

The next-generation S300 Pro Surveillance HDDs will be available in CQ4 2024.

For more information about the next-generation Toshiba S300 Pro Surveillance HDDs, please visit: https://www.toshiba-storage.com/products/s300-pro-surveillance-hard-drive/ .

Please download the Press Release here.

For more information on Toshiba’s full line of HDD storage products, please visit: https://www.toshiba-storage.com/ .

Notes:

[1] Definition of capacity: One terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes, but storage capacity actually available may vary depending on the operating environment and formatting. Available storage capacity (including examples of various media files) will vary based on file size, formatting, settings, software and operating system and/or pre-installed software applications, or media content. Actual formatted capacity may vary.

[2] Compared to the previous generation of S300 Pro Surveillance HDDs: https://www.toshiba-storage.com/products/s300-pro-surveillance-hard-drive/

[3] Number of surveillance cameras support capability is defined by performance simulation with high-definition cameras at 10Mbit/s rate. Actual results may vary based on various factors, including the types of cameras installed, the system’s hardware and software capabilities, the video compression technology used, and system variables such as resolution, frames per second, and other settings.

[4] “3.5-inch“ means the form factor of HDDs. They do not indicate drive‘s physical size.

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

[6] A mebibyte (MiB) means 1 048 576 bytes.

[7] Workload is a measure of the data throughput of the year, and it is defined as the amount of data written, read or verified by commands from the host system.

[8] MTTF/MTBF (Mean Time to Failure/Mean Time Between Failures) is not a guarantee or estimate of product life; it is a statistical value related to mean failure rates for a large number of products which may not accurately reflect actual operation. The actual operating life of the product may be different from the MTTF/MTBF.

[9] Operation at a high surface temperature will shorten the drive’s useful life. The recommended operating condition is less than +60°C.

* Information in this document, including product prices and specifications, content of services and contact information, is current and believed to be accurate as of the date of the announcement, but is subject to change without prior notice.

* Company names, product names, and service names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.

 

Düsseldorf, Germany, 25 June 2024 – Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH (Toshiba) announces the release of its MG10-D Series, a family of air-filled conventional magnetic recording (CMR) HDDs supporting SAS and SATA interfaces and capacities of up to 10TB^[1]. Crafted with precision engineering and over 50 years of Toshiba experience, the MG10-D Series delivers improved performance and power efficiency over prior generations. With sanitize instant erase (SIE) and self-encrypting drive (SED) options^[2], valuable data is safeguarded by a storage solution known for its robust performance and unwavering dependability.

Built for the increasing application demands of enterprise server and storage solutions, the MG10-D Series delivers a new level of performance. For example, compared with the previous model^[3], the new 10TB MG10ADA10TE provides an approximately 13% better maximum sustained transfer speed of 268MiB/s^[4] and doubles the cache buffer size to 512MiB^[5]. It also reduces power consumption in active idle mode by approximately 21%, to 5.74W. Architected to deliver improved total cost of ownership (TCO), the new MG10-D Series fits seamlessly into a wide variety of business-critical applications, such as email, data analytics, data retention, and surveillance.

“Toshiba’s MG10-D Series delivers exceptional performance to meet the demands of growing business critical applications. The new cutting-edge design of the MG10-D Series is engineered for sustainable enterprise environments and fits seamlessly into existing infrastructure reducing TCO,” said Larry Martinez-Palomo, Vice President, Head of Storage Products Division at Toshiba.

The MG10-D Series is a 5-disk CMR standard 3.5-inch^[6], 7200 RPM air-filled platform. Available capacities are 2TB, 4TB, 6TB, 8TB, and 10TB for both SAS and SATA. SATA is also available in a

1TB drive. The series supports 6Gb/s SATA or 12Gb/s SAS interface options in Advanced format 512e and 4Kn^[7]. A 512n option is available on the 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB offerings to support legacy systems with native 512 byte block sizes. Designed for 24×7 enterprise reliability, the MG10-D Series has a workload rating of 550TB, an AFR of 0.44% and an MTTF/MTBF^[8] of 2M hours.

The MG10-D Series will be available in CQ3.

For more information on Toshiba’s full line of HDD storage products, please visit:

www.toshiba.semicon–storage.com or www.toshiba–storage.com .

Please download the Press Release here.

1. Definition of capacity: One terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes, but storage capacity actually available may vary, depending on operating environment and formatting. Available storage capacity (including examples of various media files) will vary based on file size, formatting, settings, software and operating system and/or pre-installed software applications, or media content. Actual formatted capacity may vary.
2. The HDDs which have any optional security function may not be available in the countries where the use of such HDDs is prohibited or limited due to export control and local regulations.
3. Comparison between the SATA interface 512e model “MG10ADA10TE” and the previous generation “MG06ACA10TE.”
4. Read and write speeds may vary depending on the host device, read and write conditions, and file size.
5. A mebibyte (MiB) is 2²⁰, or 1,048,576 bytes.
6. “3.5-inch” mean the form factor of HDDs. They do not indicate drive’s physical size.
7. Default format is 512e. Convertible to 4kn format.
8. MTTF/MTBF (Mean Time to Failure/Mean Time Between Failure) is not a guarantee or estimate the product life; it is a statistical value related to mean failure rates for a large number of products which may not accurately reflect actual operation. The actual product life of the product may vary.

* Information in this document, including product prices and specifications, content of services and contact information, is current and believed to be accurate as of the date of the announcement, but is subject to change without prior notice.

* Company names, product names, and service names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.

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About Toshiba Electronics Europe

Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH (TEE) offers European consumers and businesses a wide variety of hard disk drive (HDD) products plus semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, IoT, motion control, telecoms, networking, consumer and white goods applications. Next to HDDs, the company’s broad portfolio encompasses power semiconductors and other discrete devices ranging from diodes to logic ICs, optical semiconductors as well as microcontrollers and application specific standard products (ASSPs) amongst others.

In addition, TEE also offers Toshiba’s SCiB™ battery cells and modules with lithium titanium oxide (LTO) for heavyduty applications and Silicon Nitride (SiN) ceramic substrates used in power semiconductor modules, inverters and converters for their heat dissipation characteristics and strength.

TEE has its headquarters in Düsseldorf, Germany, with branch offices in France, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom providing marketing, sales and logistics services.

Visit Toshiba’s websites at www.toshiba–storage.com, www.toshiba.semicon–storage.com, www.scib.jp/en and www.toshiba–tmat.co.jp/en/ for further company and product information.

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Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH, Hansaallee 181, D-40549 Düsseldorf, Germany

Tel: +49 (0) 211 5296 0 Fax: +49 (0) 211 5296 79197

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E-mail: [email protected]

 

Düsseldorf, Germany, 14 May 2024 – Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH announces that Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (Toshiba) has successfully achieved storage capacities of over 30TB^[1] with two next-generation large capacity magnetic recording technologies for hard disk drives (HDDs): Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) and Microwave Assisted Magnetic Recording (MAMR). The demonstration drives represent a major milestone in the advance towards commercial products based on each of these emerging recording formats.

HAMR boosts writing capabilities by locally heating the disk material with a near-field laser. Toshiba achieved 32TB on 10 disks using Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) – a technology that partially overlaps data tracks to increase the areal density and overall storage capacity per disk. Toshiba plans to start shipping test sample HDDs^[2] of 28 – 30TB with HAMR technology in 2025.

The other technology is MAMR, which uses microwaves to enhance magnetic recording capabilities. Toshiba was the first ^[3] to demonstrate its effectiveness and started mass production of first-generation drives in 2021. Toshiba achieved 31TB capacity by stacking 11 disks, using SMR technology, and improving signal processing.

These new achievements were made possible through years of close collaborative work with Resonac Corporation, a HDD media manufacturer, and TDK Corporation, a HDD head manufacturer. Toshiba and its working partners are committed to continue developing both HAMR and MAMR technologies in order to provide higher capacity HDDs to meet the growing storage demand of the cloud and datacenters.

As Larry Martinez-Palomo, Vice President, Head of Storage Products Division at Toshiba, explains: “Toshiba is concurrently advancing the development of future generation high-capacity HDDs using both HAMR and MAMR technologies. Mass production of hard disk drives incorporating HAMR will commence after the validation phase is completed. In the interim, Toshiba will continue to satisfy the demand for high-capacity, high-reliability storage devices with hard disk drives employing the field-proven MAMR technology.”

At ISC High Performance 2024, May 12th to 16th in Hamburg, Germany, Toshiba and its partners will discuss with experts, how its hard disk drive technologies and enterprise portfolio are streamlined to meet the needs of large and fast online backend storage. On the stand (G02), there will be a live demo showing the astonishing performance of Toshiba’s HDD MG Series. For more details, please visit the Toshiba website at: https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/eu/company/exhibition/articles/storage_ISC_2024.html

For more information on Toshiba’s full line of HDD storage products please visit www.toshiba.semicon-storage.com or www.toshiba-storage.com .

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[1] Definition of capacity: One terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes, but storage capacity actually available may vary, depending on operating environment and formatting. Available storage capacity (including examples of various media files) will vary based on file size, formatting, settings, software and operating system and/or pre-installed software applications, or media content. Actual formatted capacity may vary.

[2] The test sample capacity aims for 28 to 30TB with Conventional Magnetic Recording (CMR) format.

[3] Toshiba research, as of December 24, 2021 

* Information in this document, including product prices and specifications, content of services and contact information, is current and believed to be accurate as of the date of the announcement, but is subject to change without prior notice.

* Company names, product names, and service names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.

 

Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH announces the release of its MG10F Series 22TB^[1] HDD, a conventional magnetic recording (CMR) HDD that leverages Toshiba’s 10-disk helium-sealed design.

As a key building block in cloud and storage infrastructure, the MG10F 22TB delivers 10% more capacity than Toshiba’s prior generation 20TB model. Designed and engineered to meet their growing data storage needs of its largest customers, the MG10F 22TB HDDs are compatible with a wide range of applications and workloads for both cloud-scale and traditional data-center use cases. The increased capacity of the 22TB MG10F helps cloud-scale infrastructure build higher storage densities at a lower TCO.

The MG10F Series HDD features 7,200rpm performance, a 550TB per year workload rating^[2], and a choice of SAS and SATA interfaces—all in a power-efficient helium-sealed, industry-standard 3.5-inch^[3] form factor.

Sample shipments of the 22TB MG10F Series HDD are expected to start in the third calendar quarter of this year for SAS interface and in the fourth calendar quarter of this year for SATA interface.

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[1] Definition of capacity: One terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes, but storage capacity actually available may vary, depending on operating environment and formatting. Available storage capacity (including examples of various media files) will vary based on file size, formatting, settings, software and operating system and/or pre-installed software applications, or media content. Actual formatted capacity may vary.

[2] Workload is a measure of data throughput in a year, and it is defined as the amount of data written, read or verified by commands from the host system.

[3] 3.5-inch means the form factor of HDDs. It does not indicate a drive’s physical size.

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* Company names, product names, and service names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.

Düsseldorf, Germany, 9 May 2023 — Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH has further underlined the application versatility of its hard disk drive (HDD) products. Having already shown the complete compatibility of certain models in its high-capacity MG10 Series with the Microchip Adaptec® redundant array of independent disks (RAID) controllers and host bus adapters (HBAs), extensive Microchip-conducted compatibility testing has been done in relation to further products.

SAS 12GB/s versions of the enterprise-grade MG10SCA20TE and MG10SCA20TA HDDs have gained certification in relation to both the Adaptec SmartRAID 31xx and 32xx storage adapter series. They have subsequently been added to the Microchip compatibility list that its customers refer to. This follows on from the SATA 6GB/s MG10ACA HDD model getting Adaptec SmartRAID 31xx/32xx interoperability qualification at the end of 2022.

Featuring elevated data storage capacities and SAS 12GB/s interfacing, the MG10SCA20TE/A HDDs from Toshiba are supplied in compact 3.5-inch form factors. They each feature a 10-disk arrangement, with a helium-filled design and a rotational speed of 7,200rpm.

As Rainer W. Kaese, Senior Manager Business Development Storage Products at Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH, explains; “By having assured interoperability between Microchip and Toshiba products, thanks to the comprehensive testing work carried out by Microchip, we are making data storage implementation much easier for our customer base. It means that HDDs plus the accompanying HBAs and storage controllers can be sourced with total confidence in their combined operational performance and long-term reliability.”

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Düsseldorf, Germany, 13 December 2022 — Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH has made further enhancements to its widely-adopted CANVIO BASICS series of portable hard drives. The new models offer the high storage capacities that customers need for leading increasingly data-centric lifestyles – while also having a stylish and compact design. 

CANVIO BASICS 2.5” format hard drives have matt black finished enclosures, with dimensions of 78mm x 109mm x 14mm for the 2TB¹ and 1TB versions, and 78mm x 109mm x 19.5mm dimensions for the 4TB version. Their compact form factors combined with lightweight construction (only 217.5g for the 4TB version, and less than 150g for all other versions) means they are easy to carry and take up very little room in bags or luggage, and can even fit into coat pockets. 

These drives easily connect to laptop and PCs, making them a convenient plug-and-play storage solution. Their USB 3.2 Gen 1 interfaces allow transfer speeds of up to 5.0Gbit/s to be supported (though they are compatible with legacy USB 2.0 interfacing too). Powered directly from a connected USB source, they draw only minimal current. 

CANVIO BASICS drives have been designed to offer assured long-term operational reliability. They are ready for use via Microsoft® Windows®, with no software installation necessary, while reformatting is required for macOS. 

“Our CANVIO BASICS hard drives have seen really strong market uptake since their initial release, presenting customers with simple and convenient data storage solutions at attractive price points,” states Larry Martinez-Palomo, Vice President of the Storage Products Division at Toshiba Electronics Europe. “By continuing to enhance the value proposition of this series, we are making them even more alluring, and this is certain to be appreciated.” 

The new Toshiba hard drive will be available in 1Q 2023. 

More information on CANVIO BASICS may be accessed by going to: 

https://www.toshiba-storage.com/products/canvio-basics/ 

For more information on Toshiba’s full line of HDD storage products, please visit:

https://www.toshiba-storage.com/

[1]. Definition of capacity: One terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes, but storage capacity actually available may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. Available storage capacity (including examples of various media files) will vary based on file size, formatting, settings, software and operating system and/or pre-installed software applications, or media content. Actual formatted capacity may vary. 

 

Düsseldorf, Duitsland, 1 juni 2022 — Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH introduceert de highspin P300 3,5-inch^[1] Desktop PC Hard Drive met 2 TB^[2] opslagcapaciteit. Deze schijven zijn ontworpen voor desktop-, pc-computer-, gaming- en opslagtoepassingen, waarbij prestaties, capaciteit en betrouwbaarheid allemaal essentieel zijn, bieden ondersteuning voor 7200 RPM en hebben elk een 6Gbit/s SATA-interface.

Sleutel tot de verhoogde prestaties van de nieuwe P300 Desktop PC Hard Drive is de toepassing van shingled magnetic recording (SMR)-technologie. Overlappende sporen maken een hogere gegevensdichtheid mogelijk, zodat alleen het benodigde magnetische oppervlak nodig is voor een correcte uitlezing. Dit is een voordeel in vergelijking met conventionele magnetische opname (CMR), waarbij elk spoor gescheiden moet worden door een kleine afstand. Met de SMR-aanpak is een hogere capaciteit haalbaar binnen hetzelfde magnetische gebied als een CMR-schijf, en dat leidt tot lagere totale eigendomskosten (TCO). De cache-architectuur zorgt voor minder problemen met willekeurig herschrijven. 

Het P300 highspin-model van 2 TB heeft een buffer van 256 MB, zodat een aanhoudende overdrachtssnelheid tot 210 MiB/s^[3] mogelijk is, een toename van 19% in gegevensoverdrachtssnelheid vergeleken met onze conventionele P300 Desktop PC Hard Drive-serie. Deze cijfers maken de nieuwe P300 drives tot een sterk geoptimaliseerde keuze om te voldoen aan de toenemende eisen van desktopcomputers, webapplicaties, gaming en gegevensarchivering. De nieuwe harde schijf van Toshiba zal beschikbaar zijn in 3CQ 2022.

Meer informatie over de nieuwe producten is te vinden op:
https://www.toshiba-storage.com/products/toshiba-internal-hard-drives-p300/.

Meer informatie over de volledige HDD-opslagproductenlijn van Toshiba is te vinden op:
https://www.toshiba-storage.com/.

 

 

 

• “3,5-inch” verwijst naar de vormfactor van harde schijven. Het geeft niet de fysieke grootte van de schijf aan.
• Definitie van capaciteit: Een terabyte (TB) = een biljoen bytes, maar de daadwerkelijk beschikbare opslagcapaciteit is afhankelijk van de gebruiksomgeving en formattering.  De beschikbare opslagcapaciteit (met inbegrip van voorbeelden van verschillende mediabestanden) zal variëren afhankelijk van de bestandsgrootte, formattering, instellingen, software en het besturingssysteem en/of vooraf geïnstalleerde toepassingen of mediabestanden.  De werkelijke capaciteit na formatteren kan verschillen.
• Een mebibyte (MiB) wordt berekend als 1.048.576 bytes (2 tot de 20e macht), en 1 gibibyte (GiB) wordt berekend als 1.073.741.824 bytes (2 tot de 30e macht).

 

Unique high-density technologies will provide foundation for continued progression

Düsseldorf, Germany, 08^th March 2022 – Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH (TEE)  announced that Toshiba Electronic Devices and Storage Corporation has set out its product development strategy in relation to Nearline Hard Disk Drives (HDDs). This will see the company make further engineering innovations in order to deliver a significant increase in the storage capacities that can be supported.

The upcoming generations of Toshiba Nearline HDDs are expected to have reached 35TB before the end of FY2024 and gone beyond 40TB by 2026. These objectives will be achieved via the addition of further stacking layers (with devices featuring a total of 11 layers), combined with the use of Toshiba game-changing proprietary recording technologies. By unlocking the full potential of Flux-Controlled Microwave-Assisted Magnetic Recording (FC-MAMR) and Microwave Assisted Switching Microwave-Assisted Magnetic Recording (MAS-MAMR), it will be possible to dramatically boost recording densities, but still assure elevated signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) figures and ongoing operational reliability. The result is that Toshiba has substantial scope to keep on ramping up capacity levels in the longer term, while also reducing the total cost of ownership (TCO) involved.

“The world that we now live in is fuelled by data, with it being the basis of nearly every day-to-day activity we do. This has major implications for the storage sector, as unprecedented quantities of data are now being generated and much of this needs to be placed on the cloud,” states Larry Martinez-Palomo, General Manager of the Storage Products Division at Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH. “Through close consultation with the leading cloud service operators, we have gained valuable insight into what their future data storage requirements will be. By implementing our advanced high-density FC-MAMR and MAS-MAMR devices, they can be confident of having the data storage capabilities necessary, alongside strong read/write performance parameters and prolonged working lifespan.”

For more information on the Toshiba Nearline HDDs currently available, please visit: https://www.toshiba-storage.com/products/enterprise-capacity-hard-drive-mg-series/

For more information on Toshiba’s full HDD storage product line up: https://www.toshiba-storage.com/  

Helium-verzegeld ontwerp van de derde generatie met 9 schijven zorgt samen met de unieke FC-MAMR-technologie voor een overtuigende combinatie van verhoogde opslagdichtheid en verbeterde energie-efficiëntie

Düsseldorf, Duitsland, 16 september 2021 – Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH heeft nieuwe modellen van 18 TB toegevoegd aan de N300 NAS Hard Drive- en X300 Performance Hard Drive-series. In beide nieuwe schijven wordt de baanbrekende Flux Control – Microwave Assisted Magnetic Recording (FC-MAMR)-technologie toegepast, die eerder dit jaar door het bedrijf werd aangekondigd.

Bij FC-MAMR wordt een ‘Spin Torque Oscillator’ (STO) gebruikt om de in de schrijfkop van de harde schijven (HDD’s) opgewekte magnetische flux beter te controleren en effectiever te richten. De gerichte flux maakt een nauwkeurigere schrijfbewerking mogelijk en dat zorgt voor een kleiner magnetisch gebied per bit en hogere gegevensdichtheden in vergelijking met de vorige generatie CMR HDD’s.

Het gebruik van FC-MAMR heeft geleid tot een verhoging van de schijfdichtheid met nog eens 12,5% en voegt daarmee 2 TB^[1] per schijf toe aan de capaciteit van Toshiba’s eerdere 16TB-modellen^[1].

De nieuwe N300- en X300-schijven worden geleverd in een industriestandaard 3,5-inch^[2]-formaat behuizing, maar maken gebruik van een gepatenteerd helium-verzegeld ontwerp met 9 schijven. Dankzij de geavanceerde laserlastechniek van Toshiba Group blijft het helium veilig binnenin opgesloten.

De N300-serie is sterk geoptimaliseerd voor netwerkverbonden opslag (NAS) en privé-cloudopslag-toepassingen in thuiskantoren en kleine bedrijven, en ondersteunt maximaal 8 schijfnissen^[3]. Deze schijven hebben een snelheid van 7200 rpm en ingebouwde RV-sensoren om het effect van rotatietrillingen te compenseren. Ze zijn ontworpen voor betrouwbaar 24/7-gebruik met een gemiddeld storingsinterval (MTTF) van 1,2 miljoen uur en een maximale werkbelasting^[4] van 180 TB per jaar.

De X300-serie is bedoeld voor pc’s en hoogwaardige desktopwerkstations, gameconsoles en home media-apparatuur en biedt eveneens een snelheid van 7200 rpm. De schijfstabilisatiemechanismen verbeteren de operationele betrouwbaarheid, en de cachetechnologie van Toshiba Group optimaliseert de cachetoewijzing tijdens lezen/schrijven om hoge prestaties in real-time te leveren.

Voor de hele N300-serie geldt een beperkte garantie van 3 jaar en voor schijven uit de X300-serie een beperkte garantie van 2 jaar. De nieuwe N300- en X300-modellen van 18 TB zullen naar verwachting beschikbaar zijn in Q4 2021.

Meer informatie over de volledige HDD-opslagproductenlijn van Toshiba is te vinden op: https://www.toshiba-storage.com/nl/.

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Opmerkingen:

[1] Definitie van capaciteit: Toshiba definieert een megabyte (MB) als 1 000 000 bytes, een gigabyte (GB) als 1 000 000 000 bytes en een terabyte (TB) als 1 000 000 000 000 bytes. Het besturingssysteem van een computer geeft de opslagcapaciteit echter aan met de macht twee, waarbij 1 GB = 230 = 1 073 741 824 bytes. Hierdoor is de vermelde opslagcapaciteit lager. De beschikbare opslagcapaciteit (met inbegrip van voorbeelden van verschillende mediabestanden) zal variëren afhankelijk van de bestandsgrootte, formattering, instellingen, software en het besturingssysteem, zoals Microsoft Operating System en/of vooraf geïnstalleerde toepassingen of mediabestanden. De werkelijke capaciteit na formatteren kan verschillen.

[2] “3,5-inch” verwijst naar de vormfactor van harde schijven. Het geeft niet de fysieke grootte van de schijf aan.

[3] Neem voor de “Ondersteunde schijfnissen” contact op met uw leverancier van oplossingen, want de compatibiliteit met het hostapparaat zal variëren, afhankelijk van het RAID-systeem.

[4] Werkbelasting is een maat voor de gegevens die gedurende een kalenderjaar zijn geschreven, gelezen of geverifieerd door opdrachten van het hostsysteem.

 

Over Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH

Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH (TEE) is het Europese bedrijf voor elektronische componenten van Toshiba Electronic Devices and Storage Corporation. TEE biedt Europese consumenten en bedrijven een breed scala van innovatieve hard disk drive (HDD)-producten plus halfgeleideroplossingen voor auto-, industriële, IoT-, motion control-, telecom-, netwerk-, consumenten- en witgoedtoepassingen. Naast harde schijven omvat het brede portfolio van de onderneming onder meer vermogenshalfgeleiders en andere discrete apparaten, variërend van diodes tot logische IC’s, optische halfgeleiders en microcontrollers en toepassingsspecifieke standaardproducten (ASSP’s).

TEE heeft zijn hoofdkantoor in Düsseldorf, Duitsland en vestigingen in Frankrijk, Italië, Spanje, Zweden en het Verenigd Koninkrijk voor het verlenen van marketing-, verkoop- en logistieke diensten. De president van de onderneming is de heer Tomoaki Kumagai.

Ga voor meer bedrijfsinformatie naar de website van TEE op www.toshiba.semicon-storage.com  & https://www.toshiba-storage.com/

 

Contactgegevens voor publicatie:

Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH, Hansaallee 181, D-40549 Düsseldorf, Duitsland

Tel: +49 (0) 211 5296 0 Fax: +49 (0) 211 5296 79197

Web:  www.toshiba-storage.com  www.toshiba.semicon-storage.com  

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Contactgegevens voor redactionele vragen:

Martin Hennes, Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH

Tel: +49 (0) 211 5296 599

E-mail: [email protected] 

 

Uitgegeven door:

Birgit Schöniger, Publitek

Tel: +49 (0)4181 968098-13

Web: www.publitek.com

E-mail: [email protected]

September 2021 Ref. TSH064/A