Toshiba MG11
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Toshiba MG11 is a hard drive family created by Toshiba. It succeeds the Toshiba MG10F as the flagship Toshiba helium family, featuring 24 TB thanks to ten 2.4 TB platters. It also serves as a comprehensive refresh of capacities from 14 to 22 TB, which unlike previous Toshiba families at those capacity points introduce FastFormat.
Products[edit | edit source]
| Model | Capacity (TB) | Interface | Security features |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOSHIBA MG11ACA14TE | 14 | SATA | None |
| TOSHIBA MG11ACA14TEY | 14 | SATA | Sanitize Instant Erase (SIE) |
| TOSHIBA MG11ACP14TE | 14 | SATA | Self-encrypting drive |
| TOSHIBA MG11SCA14TE | 14 | SAS | None |
| TOSHIBA MG11SCA14TEY | 14 | SAS | Sanitize Instant Erase (SIE) |
| TOSHIBA MG11SCP14TE | 14 | SAS | Self-encrypting drive |
| TOSHIBA MG11ACA16TE | 16 | SATA | None |
| TOSHIBA MG11ACA16TEY | 16 | SATA | Sanitize Instant Erase (SIE) |
| TOSHIBA MG11ACP16TE | 16 | SATA | Self-encrypting drive |
| TOSHIBA MG11SCA16TE | 16 | SAS | None |
| TOSHIBA MG11SCA16TEY | 16 | SAS | Sanitize Instant Erase (SIE) |
| TOSHIBA MG11SCP16TE | 16 | SAS | Self-encrypting drive |
| TOSHIBA MG10ACA18TE | 18 | SATA | None |
| TOSHIBA MG11ACA18TEY | 18 | SATA | Sanitize Instant Erase (SIE) |
| TOSHIBA MG11ACP18TE | 18 | SATA | Self-encrypting drive |
| TOSHIBA MG11SCA18TE | 18 | SAS | None |
| TOSHIBA MG11SCA18TEY | 18 | SAS | Sanitize Instant Erase (SIE) |
| TOSHIBA MG11SCP18TE | 18 | SAS | Self-encrypting drive |
| TOSHIBA MG11ACA20TE | 20 | SATA | None |
| TOSHIBA MG11ACA20TEY | 20 | SATA | Sanitize Instant Erase (SIE) |
| TOSHIBA MG11ACP20TE | 20 | SATA | Self-encrypting drive |
| TOSHIBA MG11SCA20TE | 20 | SAS | None |
| TOSHIBA MG11SCA20TEY | 20 | SAS | Sanitize Instant Erase (SIE) |
| TOSHIBA MG11SCP20TE | 20 | SAS | Self-encrypting drive |
| TOSHIBA MG11ACA22TE | 22 | SATA | None |
| TOSHIBA MG11ACA22TEY | 22 | SATA | Sanitize Instant Erase (SIE) |
| TOSHIBA MG11ACP22TE | 22 | SATA | Self-encrypting drive |
| TOSHIBA MG11SCA22TE | 22 | SAS | None |
| TOSHIBA MG11SCA22TEY | 22 | SAS | Sanitize Instant Erase (SIE) |
| TOSHIBA MG11SCP22TE | 22 | SAS | Self-encrypting drive |
| TOSHIBA MG11ACA24TE | 24 | SATA | None |
| TOSHIBA MG11ACA24TEY | 24 | SATA | Sanitize Instant Erase (SIE) |
| TOSHIBA MG11ACP24TE | 24 | SATA | Self-encrypting drive |
| TOSHIBA MG11SCA24TE | 24 | SAS | None |
| TOSHIBA MG11SCA24TEY | 24 | SAS | Sanitize Instant Erase (SIE) |
| TOSHIBA MG11SCP24TE | 24 | SAS | Self-encrypting drive |
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Strangely, unlike previous Toshiba enterprise families which always bore the correct generation number on the PCB, the MG11 PCB (G0102A) has the silkscreen "MH10", suggesting that the MG11 was originally meant to release under the tenth generation.