Toshiba 24TB CMR and 28TB SMR Enterprise Helium-Sealed 3.5-Inch HDDs
StorageNewsletter.com, Wednesday, September 18th, 2024
Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH announces the Mx11 family of helium-sealed 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 SMR.
It 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%.