The Toshiba MG09 is an 18TB enterprise-class drive using CMR recording and a helium-sealed design. It is a common alternative to Seagate and WD in mixed-fleet environments and archive tiers where cost per terabyte is the deciding factor.
As with any enterprise drive, confirm the exact revision and firmware expectations of your platform before ordering in volume.
Seagate · SAS 12Gb/s
Seagate Exos X16 16TB SAS Enterprise HDD (ST16000NM002G)
16TB CMR enterprise hard drive with a dual-port SAS 12Gb/s interface — for enterprise arrays and SAS backplanes where SATA is not…
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