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Toshiba Announces 18TB MG09 Series Hard Disk Drives

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Thursday, February 18, 2021
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Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage CorporationToshiba announces the 18TB[1] MG09 Series HDD, Toshibas first HDD models with energy-assisted magnetic recording.

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  • Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage CorporationToshiba announces the 18TB[1] MG09 Series HDD, Toshibas first HDD models with energy-assisted magnetic recording.
  • Sample shipments of 18TB MG09 Series HDD to customers are expected to start sequentially at the end of March 2021.
  • With 12.5% more capacity than prior 16TB models , 18TB MG09 CMR drives are compatible with the widest range of applications and operating systems.
  • Toshibas new 18TB MG09 Series delivers new levels of storage density and power efficiency to our cost-conscious cloud-scale and storage solutions customers.