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**The value of Disk Shift also changed reporting; instead of reporting a single value, it reports three 16 bit integers. The disk shift measuring also seems more accurate, rarely reporting zero even when factory fresh. This changed reporting is likely due to a Toshiba patent dedicated to measuring disk shift, filed twelve years before the release of MG06.<ref>{{Cite web|title = | **The value of Disk Shift also changed reporting; instead of reporting a single value, it reports three 16 bit integers. The disk shift measuring also seems more accurate, rarely reporting zero even when factory fresh. This changed reporting is likely due to a Toshiba patent dedicated to measuring disk shift, filed twelve years before the release of MG06.<ref>{{Cite web|title = | ||
Apparatus and method for calculating disk shift amount in disk drive|url = https://patents.google.com/patent/US20050128635|author = Satoshi Shibata|publisher = Toshiba|website = Google Patents|date = 16 May 2006}}</ref> | Apparatus and method for calculating disk shift amount in disk drive|url = https://patents.google.com/patent/US20050128635|author = Satoshi Shibata|publisher = Toshiba|website = Google Patents|date = 16 May 2006}}</ref> | ||
*The MG06 family and related rebrands are the only Toshiba-made family to use Avago MCUs. The MG05 and before families, as well as | *The MG06 family, as well as the later MG07 family and all related rebrands are the only Toshiba-made family to use Avago MCUs. The MG05 and before families, as well as MG08 and later families, all use Marvell MCUs. | ||
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Revision as of 09:57, 24 December 2021
Toshiba MG06 is a hard drive family created by Toshiba. This family was announced in September 2017, and is a follow-up to the Toshiba MG05ACA series, sporting the same platter density, but increasing the maximum platters from six to seven, unprecedented in air-filled designs. It offers 6, 8 and 10 TB models, as opposed to the MG05ACA only offering 8 TB.
This family evolved into the Toshiba MG07 family, which used helium to achieve a record at the time nine platter capacity. The true successor was the MG08-D family, which replaced the 6 and 8 TB models with lower platter equivalents. The MG06 family is currently being phased out as a result.
History
The MG06 is the follow-up to the MG05ACA. Released in September 2017, the MG06 family is the first and so far only family to offer seven platters in an air-filled design.[1] It is also the first nearline enterprise family to offer power loss protection, a feature which would become standard on all Toshiba enterprise produced since.
Products
| Model | Capacity (TB) | Interface | Advanced Format | Sanitize Instant Erase support? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOSHIBA MG06ACA600E | 6 | SATA | 512e | No |
| TOSHIBA MG06ACA600A | 6 | SATA | 4Kn | No |
| TOSHIBA MG06ACA600EY | 6 | SATA | 512e | Yes |
| TOSHIBA MG06SCA600E | 6 | SAS | 512e | No |
| TOSHIBA MG06SCA600A | 6 | SAS | 4Kn | No |
| TOSHIBA MG06SCA600EY | 6 | SAS | 512e | Yes |
| TOSHIBA MG06ACA800E | 8 | SATA | 512e | No |
| TOSHIBA MG06ACA800A | 8 | SATA | 4Kn | No |
| TOSHIBA MG06ACA800EY | 8 | SATA | 512e | Yes |
| TOSHIBA MG06SCA800E | 8 | SAS | 512e | No |
| TOSHIBA MG06SCA800A | 8 | SAS | 4Kn | No |
| TOSHIBA MG06SCA800EY | 8 | SAS | 512e | Yes |
| TOSHIBA MG06ACA10TE | 10 | SATA | 512e | No |
| TOSHIBA MG06ACA10TA | 10 | SATA | 4Kn | No |
| TOSHIBA MG06ACA10TEY | 10 | SATA | 512e | Yes |
| TOSHIBA MG06SCA10TE | 10 | SAS | 512e | No |
| TOSHIBA MG06SCA10TA | 10 | SAS | 4Kn | No |
| TOSHIBA MG06SCA10TEY | 10 | SAS | 512e | Yes |
Trivia
- All MG06 family models and their retail rebrands are codenamed Magnum. It is the final series to be codenamed this way publicly; starting from the MG07 series, codenames became simplified to the letters before the capacity. For example, all models in the SATA branch of the MG08-D family are codenamed MG08ADA.
- Starting from this generation, a number of firmware changes were made, which were carried on to all rebranded families (such as MD06 and MN06) as well as all later Toshiba enterprise generations and their binned variants:
- Firmware versions became entirely numerical, as opposed to using a two-letter prefix. The prefix now varies based on customer only, not also model.
- The value of Disk Shift also changed reporting; instead of reporting a single value, it reports three 16 bit integers. The disk shift measuring also seems more accurate, rarely reporting zero even when factory fresh. This changed reporting is likely due to a Toshiba patent dedicated to measuring disk shift, filed twelve years before the release of MG06.[2]
- The MG06 family, as well as the later MG07 family and all related rebrands are the only Toshiba-made family to use Avago MCUs. The MG05 and before families, as well as MG08 and later families, all use Marvell MCUs.
External links
- ↑ "Toshiba Announces 10 TB MG06ACA HDD: Seven Platters, 249 MB/s, NAND Cache".
- ↑ Satoshi Shibata (16 May 2006). "Apparatus and method for calculating disk shift amount in disk drive". Google Patents. Toshiba.