IFA: Toshiba N300 NAS and X300 Performance With Up to 16TB 3.5-Inch HDDs

Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH announces the addition of 16TB helium-sealed models to both the N300 NAS and X300 Performance HDD Series.

The 16TB ^[1] models offer 14% more capacity than 14TB models. The 16TB models also double the buffer size of the 14TB models, increasing from 256MB to 512MB.

The 16TB N300 and X300 Series utilize a 9-disk helium-sealed design, delivering increased storage density with a lower HDD operating power profile. Firm’s laser welding technology and case design keep the helium securely sealed inside the industry-standard 3.5-inch ^[2] drive enclosure.

“Thanks to our advanced helium-sealed design, Toshiba’s 16TB N300 and X300 Series deliver improved power efficiency at new levels of storage capacity and density,” says Larry Martinez-Palomo, GM, HDD business unit, Toshiba Electronics Europe. “Toshiba’s commitment to advancing HDD design up to 16TB meets the evolving storage needs for performance, gaming, and office NAS applications. It will enable both gamers and NAS users to efficiently store and access even larger amounts of data.“

The N300 Series is for applications like home office and small business NAS and private cloud storage, with up to 8 drive bays supported ^[3]. Designed for 24/7 operation, the N300 Series has a workload ^[4] rating of up to 180TB/year, 7,200rpm performance and integrated sensors to compensate the effect of rotational vibrations.

Designed for PC and high-end desktop workstations, the X300 Series delivers 7,200rpm performance, drive stabilization technologies for improved reliability and the firm’s cache technology to optimize cache allocation during R/W to provide performance in real time.

The N300 Series includes a 3-year limited warranty, and X300 Series includes a 2-year limited warranty.

The 16TB N300 and X300 models are expected to be available in 4Q19.

The company will exhibit its storage solutions at the IFA 2019, Berlin, Germany.

^[1] Definition of capacity: Toshiba defines 1MB as 1.000.000 bytes, 1GB as 1.000.000. 000 bytes and 1TB as 1.000. 000. 000. 000 bytes. A computer OS, however, reports storage capacity using powers of two for the definition of 1GB=23 =1.073.741.824 bytes and therefore shows less storage capacity. Available storage capacity (including examples of various media files) will vary based on file size, formatting, settings, software and OS, such as Microsoft OS and/or pre-installed software applications, or media content. Actual formatted capacity may vary.
^[2] 3.5-inch means the form factor of HDDs. They do not indicate drive’s physical size.
^[3] As for ‘Drive Bays Supported’, contact your solutions provider because the compatibility with the host device will vary based on the RAID system.
^[4] Workload is a measure of the data written, read or verified by commands from the host system over a calendar year.

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December 18, 2018 | Press Release