Toshiba releases two 18TB hard drives using FC-MAMR technology
Toshiba released the industry’s first 18TB hard drive with MAMR microwave-assisted magnetic recording (FC-MAMR) technology. They are the X300 series for desktop computers and the N300 series for NAS, which are all consumer products. Toshiba said that the new 18TB hard drive not only provides greater capacity and better performance but also has further improved reliability.
The MG09 series is an enterprise-level product released by Toshiba at the beginning of this year. It uses FC-MAMR technology for the first time and has a 12.5% increase in storage density. The X300 series and N300 series, like the enterprise-level MG09 series, are Toshiba’s third-generation 7200 RPM-level helium-filled technology hard drives, which are 9-disc drives. The disc is manufactured by Showa Denko K.K. (SDK), with a single disc capacity of 2TB, and a density of about 1.5 Tb/inch2 achieved through FC-MAMR technology.
X300 series and N300 series adopt SATA interface, rotate at 7200 RPM, and are equipped with 512MB cache. X300 has an average time between failures of 600,000 hours and provides a two-year warranty, while N300 has an average time between failures of 1.2 million hours, supports 7×24 work, and provides a three-year warranty. Toshiba has not disclosed the performance data of these two 18TB hard drives for the time being. Because they are similar to the MG09 series products, they are expected to provide a maximum continuous data transfer speed of 281 MB/s.
Toshiba has not announced the price yet, but it will be listed at some point in the fourth quarter of this year.
