Toshiba has just introduced a new series of MG08-D drives. This is a high performance drive intended for Small and Medium Businesses.
Features of the new generation MG08-D
3.5” format drive at 7,200 rpm with a mean time between failures or MTBF (mean time between failures) estimated at 2 million hours. This disk is therefore ideal for SME servers. This new drive model offers higher performance and value for money compared to the previous generation. The new MG08-D series comes in capacities ranging from 4, 6 and 8 TB. The connections used are SATA3 allowing a transfer rate of 6 Gbps and SAS which can transmit data at 12 Gps .
Uses and benefits of these MGO8-D drives
These disks can be used in local server storage systems, in clouding, in disk bays etc. When used in an existing RAID redundancy system, the characteristics of the sectors must be taken into account for optimized performance. So, 4TB disks have 512n (512 real bytes), 512e (512 emulated bytes) and 4Kn (real 4Kn) sectors. The 6TB and 8TB are presented in 512e and 4Kn.
This disk is characterized by its lower energy consumption. This comes from the new air filling system implemented by Toshiba for its new generation drives. The tray chamber is therefore filled with air and then sealed. This disc will be released on the market in the first quarter of 2021.
