Toshiba Now Offers a 10,500rpm Performance HDD Model
Toshiba announces the AL15SE Series HDD, its next generation of 10,500rpm enterprise performance hard disk drives for mission critical servers and storage.
The new drive series boasts a 2,400GB1 capacity model – a 33 percent capacity increase over Toshiba’s AL14SE generation and Toshiba’s largest capacity ever for a 10,500rpm HDD.
Built to deliver superior low-latency performance, the AL15SE Series supports 12Gbit/s2 SAS dual-port interface to optimize the host transfer rate. All models utilize a space-efficient, power-saving 2.5 inch3 , 15mm form-factor. Advanced Format models support 4K native and 512e emulated sector technologies and increase areal density in capacities ranging from 600GB to 2,400GB and feature a 15 percent increase in sustained transfer rate over the prior AL14SE generation. New 512n sector technology models increase areal density in capacities ranging from 300GB to 1,200GB.
“The 10,500rpm disk continues to be the workhorse of mission critical IT operations,” said Scott Wright, director disk drive product marketing at Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. “With Advanced Format models now supporting up to 2,400GB, the AL15SE Series provides a clear path forward for customers who may benefit from higher capacity per spindle for performance-oriented traditional IT, in mission-critical hybrid storage platforms, and in read-intensive applications that may benefit from lower-latency.”
The AL15SE Series features optional Sanitize Instant Erase (SIE)4 models and leverages Toshiba’s persistent write cache technology for robust data integrity in sudden power-loss scenarios. The models are designed for tier one mission-critical servers and storage systems, including hybrid storage platforms which may benefit from both low-latency and storage capacity up to 2,400GB.
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Seagate is realesing multi-actuator drives soon. I think there was article here on Guru couple days ago.
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I am wondering why there are no HDDs with multiple heads on one arm, where adidtional heads could micro-adjust position to match paired tracks with higer density. HDD would be able to read large files at double or quad speeds and HDDs in the RAID configuration could come close to SSD speeds.