Toshiba MG06
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 are codenamed Magnum. It is the final series to be codenamed this way publicly; starting from the MG07 series, codenames became simplified to simply 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, firmware versions became entirely numerical, as opposed to using a two-letter prefix.
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