Toshiba 18TB MN09 NAS drives Unveiled

Toshiba’s MN series of 3.5-inch 7,200 rpm hard disk drives (HDD) deliver up to 18 TB of storage capacity, making it a suitable storage solution for home and SOHO NAS applications. To address NAS-class requirements, MN series provide up to 1.2 million hours MTTF, 180TB/year workload rating and support 24/7 power-on operation. MN series also feature vibration compensation technology to help deliver consistent performance in multi-bay storage enclosures.
| Form Factor | 3.5-inch | |
|---|---|---|
| Interface | SATA 6 Gbit/s | |
| Format | 18/16/14/12/10/8/6 TB | 512e |
| 4 TB | 512e/512n | |
| Rotation Speed | 7200 rpm | |
| MTTF | 18/16 TB | 1.2 million h |
| 14/12/10/8/6/4 TB | 1.0 million h | |
| Weight ( Max ) | 18/16/14/12 TB | 720 g |
| 10/8/6 TB(MN06) | 770 g | |
| 8 TB(MN08) | 720 g | |
| 6 TB(MN08) | 700 g | |
| 4 TB(MN08) | 693 g | |
| 4 TB(MN04) | 720 g | |



| Capacity | Mechanical Design | Buffer Size | Maximum Sustained Data Rate (Typ.) | Active Idle Power Consumption (Typ.) | Model Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 TB | Helium-Sealed | 512 MiB | 268 MiB/s | 4.14 W | MN09ACA18T |
| 16 TB | Helium-Sealed | 512 MiB | 268 MiB/s | 4.14 W | MN09ACA16T |
| 16 TB | Helium-Sealed | 512 MiB | 262 MiB/s | 4.03 W | MN08ACA16T |
| 14 TB | Helium-Sealed | 256 MiB | 248 MiB/s | 4.54 W | MN07ACA14T |
| 12 TB | Helium-Sealed | 256 MiB | 242 MiB/s | 4.26 W | MN07ACA12T |
| 10 TB | Conventional Air | 256 MiB | 237 MiB/s | 7.15 W | MN06ACA10T |
| 8 TB | Conventional Air | 256 MiB | 248 MiB/s | 5.61 W | MN08ADA800 |
| 8 TB | Conventional Air | 256 MiB | 230 MiB/s | 6.33 W | MN06ACA800 |
| 6 TB | Conventional Air | 256 MiB | 239 MiB/s | 4.93 W | MN08ADA600 |
| 6 TB | Conventional Air | 256 MiB | 230 MiB/s | 5.59 W | MN06ACA600 |
| 4 TB | Conventional Air | 256 MiB | 243 MiB/s | 4.04 W | MN08ADA400E(512e) |
| 4 TB | Conventional Air | 256 MiB | 222 MiB/s | 4.04 W | MN08ADA400N(512n) |
| 4 TB | Conventional Air | 128 MiB | 195 MiB/s | 5.2 W | MN04ACA400(512e/512n) |
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