Toshiba has introduced its latest hard drives aimed primarily at cloud datacenters and hyperscalers. The new drives are the MG11-series HDDs offer up to 24 TB capacity and use conventional magnetic recording technology and the MA11-series with a 28 TB capacity that uses shingled magnetic recording to maximize capacity, albeit at the cost of compatibility.
Toshiba's newest MG11 and MA11 HDDs share the same 10-platter helium-sealed platform with a 7200 RPM spindle speed and enterprise-grade enhancements to improve reliability and longevity in 24/7 environments. The new hard drives come with a 1 GB buffer to maximize their performance, so MG11 HDDs are among the fastest drives in the industry with a sustained transfer speed of 295 MB/s as well as a SATA 6 Gbps or a SAS 12 Gbps interface.
