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, th
e
MC04ACAxxx
series delivers up to 5TB
[1]
of stora
ge with
7,200 rotations p
er 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 s
upports 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 capac ity 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 interfac e speeds and Advanced Format sector technology, allowing compatibility with legacy applications and operating en vironments using aligned writes . “Our customers need efficient, high - capacity storage for their cloud - based servers and storage platforms,” sa id 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 architectur e and use - cas es require.”
For more information on Toshiba’s portfolio of industry
-
leading solid state drives, hard drives
and hybrid storage solutions
, visit
www.
storage.toshiba.eu
With up to 5TB storage capacity per host connection, the newest Toshiba HDD series boosts capac ity 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 interfac e speeds and Advanced Format sector technology, allowing compatibility with legacy applications and operating en vironments using aligned writes . “Our customers need efficient, high - capacity storage for their cloud - based servers and storage platforms,” sa id 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 architectur e and use - cas es require.”