Toshiba N300
Toshiba N300 is a hard drive family created by Toshiba. It is Toshiba's NAS-grade hard drive line, primarily targeted at the retail sector. This family consists of rebranded MN04, MN05, MN06, MN07ACA, MG08, MN08-D and MN09 family models.[1] It competes with the Seagate IronWolf Pro and Western Digital Red Pro families.
History
The X300 family first begun in 2017, with its initial two models, the HDWQ140 and HDWN160.[2]
In 2017, the HDWN180 was released. This was shortly replaced by the HDWG180. The HDWN160 was also largely replaced by the HDWR160.
In 2018, the first helium models were introduced, namely the TOSHIBA HDWG21C and TOSHIBA HDWG21E.[3]
The N300, along with the closely related Toshiba X300, were the first families to receive helium drives to retail. Specifically, the N300 family received HDWG440, HDWG460 and HDWG480, of which the 6 and 8 TB models are based on 1.6 TB platters, replacing all previous 4, 6 and 8 TB hard drive models such as the HDWR160 above. However, the HDWR440 remains on 1.33 TB platters in exchange for offering 512n, like its predecessor. The MN07-based HDWG21E was also replaced with the MN08-based TOSHIBA HDWG31E.
Products
All N300 hard drive models have an equivalent NAS OEM product line they are based on.
Current models
| Model | Capacity (TB) | Based on | Year released |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOSHIBA HDWG440 | 4 | MN08-D (1.33 TB/platter, 256 MB cache, 512n) | 2021 |
| TOSHIBA HDWG460 | 6 | MN08-D (1.6 TB/platter, 256 MB cache) | |
| TOSHIBA HDWG480 | 8 | ||
| TOSHIBA HDWG11A | 10 | MN06 (1.33 or 1.43 TB/platter, 256 MB cache) | 2018 |
| TOSHIBA HDWG21C | 12 | MN07ACA (1.5 TB/platter, helium, 256 MB cache) | |
| TOSHIBA HDWG31E | 14 | MG08 (1.75 - 1.78 TB/platter, helium, 512 MB cache) | 2021 |
| TOSHIBA HDWG31G | 16 | 2019 | |
| TOSHIBA HDWG51J | 18 | MG09 (2 TB/platter, MAMR, helium, 512 MB cache) | 2021 |
Former models
| Model | Capacity (TB) | Based on | Year released | Year discontinued | Replaced with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOSHIBA HDWQ140 | 4 | MN04 (1 TB/platter, 128 MB cache, 512n) | 2017 | 2021 | TOSHIBA HDWG440 |
| TOSHIBA HDWN160 | 6 | MN04 (1 TB/platter, 128 MB cache) | 2017 | 2018 | TOSHIBA HDWG160 |
| TOSHIBA HDWG160 | 8 | MN06 | 2018 | 2021 | TOSHIBA HDWG460 |
| TOSHIBA HDWN180 | 8 | MN05 (1.33 TB/platter, 128 MB cache) | 2017 | 2018 | TOSHIBA HDWG180 |
| TOSHIBA HDWG180 | 8 | MN06 | 2018 | 2021 | TOSHIBA HDWG480 |
| TOSHIBA HDWG21E | 14 | MN07 (1.56 TB/platter, 256 MB cache) | 2018 | 2021 | TOSHIBA HDWG31E |
Trivia
- The N300 is the only retail family to have any non-Advanced Format 512n drives; namely, both 4 TB models.
- Contrary to popular belief, the N300's default SCTERC settings are always disabled, identically to the Toshiba X300 (though, like all SCTERC settings, that can be changed after spin up). Both Western Digital and Seagate have some level of timeout set by default.
References
- ↑ Toshiba. "Toshiba - Internal Hard Drives - N300". Archived from the original on 23 October 2021.
- ↑ "Toshiba launches high-reliability Hard Drive N300 for NAS with capacities of up to 6TB". Toshiba. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ Toshiba (6 December 2018). "Toshiba adds new 12TB and 14TB helium-sealed models to both the N300 NAS and X300 Performance Hard Drive product line". Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2021.