The Toshiba 18TB MG09 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" HDDfeatures 9-disk design, providing 18TB of conventional magnetic recording (CMR) storage capacity and 7200 rpm performance for optimal application compatibility and data reliability. The massive 18TB CMR capacity is delivered using Toshiba's innovative Flux Control Microwave Assisted Magnetic Recording (FC-MAMR) technology. Toshiba used precision industrial laser welding technology to seal helium inside the 9-disk mechanics. The helium-sealed design reduces aerodynamic drag to significantly lower the drive's operational power profile, which helps deliver critical TCO benefits for data center infrastructures. The 3.5" form factor integrates easily into cloud-scale storage infrastructure, business-critical servers and storage, and File- and Object-based storage solutions.

18TB Storage Capacity    3.5"/26.1mm Form Factor    SATA III 6 Gb/s Interface    512MB Cache    7200 rpm    Up to 268 MB/s Transfer Speed    2.5 Million Hours MTBF    512e Disk Sector Format    Designed for Cloud-Scale Storage

18TB of storage capacity

Conventional magnetic recording (CMR) for broad compatibility

Toshiba Flux Control Microwave-assisted Magnetic Recording (FC-MAMR) Technology

9-disk helium-sealed design for storage density

Standard 3.5" 26.1 mm height form factor

7200 rpm performance

SATA III 6 Gb/s interface

Lower operational power profile, providing power efficiency (W/TB) for better TCO

550 Total TB transferred per year workload rating

512e Advanced Format Sector technology

Sustained transfer rate and power efficiency improvements vs. prior MG Series generations

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Is this for a 2011 13 inch MacBook Pro?

A: No, this is too large, it would not fit inside of a laptop. You would need a 2.5 hardrive, this one is a 3.5 . Small 2.5 solid state drives would also work, such as a samsung 850 evo.

Q: 2. Is this a CMB drive?

A: The Toshiba 16TB N300 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal NAS HDD is a CMR hard drive.

Q: 3. Is this hard drive sold in a retail box, with a full manufacturers warranty, or is it OEM?

A: The WD 18TB UltraStar DC HC550 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal HDD (OEM) is an OEM drive and comes with a USA Limited 5-Year Manufacturer Warranty.

Q: 4. What is the warranty on these drives?

A: The Toshiba 22TB MG10F Series 7200 rpm 3.5" SATA Internal HDD, B&H # TOMG10AFA22T, includes a 5 year warranty with Toshiba.

Q: 5. What is the warranty stated? Usually these black drives are 5 years.

A: This product has a Limited 5-Year Warranty.

Q: 6. Can these drives be used with the Thunderbolt 2 WD My Book Pro hard drive array?

A: The WD My Book Pro Thunderbolt 2 RAID Array is compatible with 3.5 Caviar Black drives.

Q: 7. What is the warranty of this?

A: This drive comes with a 5 year warranty from WD.

Q: 8. Would this 18 TB drive be suitable for use as a 2nd hard drive in a PC with Windows 10?

A: While you could install this drive in a PC, it is designed to be used in a large storage or NAS devices.

Q: 9. Video files particularly RAW video files are huge and result in the need to store terabytes of video files which need to be accessible for editing. Would this 18 TB drive be suitable for use in a Windows 10 PC or is there a problem or disadvantage to using this drive as a secondary hard drive in a PC?

A: Yes, this is a great solution.

Q: 10. Is WD PWL that clicks every 5 seconds enabled in 8/10 TV series? I know it does on 4gb and 6gb I bought before here. And they are loud and shake my desktop. If it is, are we able to disable it?

A: From what I can see, you are not able to disable the click feature on the WD 8TB WD_BLACK Performance SATA III 3.5" Internal Hard Drive.