Toshiba announces 5TB, 7,200 RPM enterprise HDD

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.