Kawasaki,
Japan—Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (“Toshiba”)
announces the Mx11 family of helium-sealed high-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 of 0.35%.
The MG11 CMR HDD Series enables cloud, data center, and enterprise
storage customers to rapidly scale storage density within existing
infrastructure. 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 to
24TB, the MG11 Series is available in 22TB, 20TB, 18TB, 16TB and 14TB
capacities with sanitize instant erase (SIE) and self-encrypting drive
(SED) options for enhanced security[8].
The MA11 Series achieves 2.8TB per disk using SMR technology. The
MA11 Series host-managed SMR increases drive capacity by overlapping the
physical tracks on the disk during write operations. Data centers with
software that can optimize the MA11 Series host-managed SMR 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 family
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 Atsushi Toyama, General
Manager of Toshiba’s Storage Products Sales & Marketing Division.
Sample shipments of the MG11 Series will start this month, and the MA11 Series in the fourth calendar quarter of this year.