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Toshiba

Name: 8.0TB Toshiba MG05ACA Series 3.5-inch SATA 6.0Gb/s 7200RPM Enterprise Class Hard Drive
SKU: TOSMG05ACA800E
Price: 218.99 USD
Availability: InStock

8.0TB MG05ACA Series
SATA Interface Enterprise Class Hard Disk Drive

Reduce Your Operational Burden

Engineered for nearline business-critical workloads

The MG05ACA Enterprise Capacity HDD provides 8.0TB of capacity and 7,200 rpm performance, in a robust design engineered for nearline business-critical workloads. The MG05ACA utilizes industry-standard 3.5-inch 26.1 mm height form factor and Advanced Format sector technologies for optimum capacity and data reliability. This models support Toshiba Persistent Write Cache technology which helps enhance performance with handling data in the event of a sudden loss of power. Equipped with SATA 6.0 Gbit/s interface, the Enterprise Capacity MG05ACA models help save rack space and reduce the footprint and operational burden of business critical servers and storage systems.

Optimum performance

The MG05ACA improves sustained transfer rate performance by 12% when compared to the prior MG04ACA series. This 512 sector model (MG05ACAxxxE provides support for legacy applications and operating environments that require 512 byte sector lengths.

Highlights

Industry Standard 3.5-inch 26.1 mm Height Form Factor
SATA 6.0 Gbit/s Interface
Improved sustained transfer rate

Note: This 8.0TB HDD utilizes a new standardized mounting screw pattern that is not compatible with older Mac Pro models. In a Mac Pro tower, the drive can be installed in an empty optical drive bay using an OWC Hard Drive Bracket, OWC Multi-Mount Bracket for 2009/10/12 Mac Pro, or an OWC Multi-Mount Bracket for 2006/07/08 Mac Pro.

SPECS

8.0TB Toshiba MG05ACA800E Specifications:

Specifications

Form Factor

3.5″ HDD

Interface

SATA 6.0Gb/s

Capacity¹

8.0TB

Formatted Capacity²

7451GiB

Rotational Speed

7,200 RPM

Cache / Data Buffer

128MB

Manufacturer Model Number

MG05ACA800E

RoHS Compliant

Yes

Format

Unformatted (Instructions on formatting here)

Physical

Height (max)

26.1mm (1.027″)

Width (max)

101.9mm (4.0″)

Length (max)

147mm (5.787″)

Weight (typical)

770g (1.7 lbs.)

Bytes per Sector

512

Reliability³

MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)

2,000,000 hours

Contact Start-Stops

600,000

Nonrecoverable Read Errors

1 per 10¹⁶ bits read

Performance

Transfer Rate (Max)

6.0Gb/s

Average Latency

4.17ms

Power

Read Power

11.4 Watts

Idle Mode, Active

6.2 Watts

Environmental (Operating)

Shock

70 G max at 2ms

Ambient Temperature (°F)

41°F to 131°F

Ambient Temperature (°C)

5°C to 55°C

Vibration

0.75 G (5 to 300 Hz)
0.25 G (300 to 500 Hz)

Relative Humidity (non-condensing)

5% to 90%

Altitude

-304.8 m to 3,048 m (-1,000 ft to 10,000+ ft)

Environmental (Non-Operating)

Shock

250 G max at 2ms

Ambient Temperature (°F)

-40°F to 158°F

Ambient Temperature (°C)

-40°C to 70°C

Vibration

5 G (5 to 500 Hz)

Relative Humidity (non-condensing)

5% to 95%

Altitude

-304.8 m to 12,192 m (-1000 ft to 40,000+ ft)

Acoustics

Idle (Typical)

3.4 bels

1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending upon operating environment (typically 5-10% less). The actual total capacity will depend on your own defined file settings/preferences.
In terms of standard gigabytes, 1GiB ≈ 1.074GB and refers to the actual formatted capacity of shown under Mac OS 10.5 or earlier and Microsoft Windows OS.
Specific application environments such as temperature and duty cycle will affect the overall reliability rates.

Manufacturer provided specifications for Toshiba p/n MG05ACA800E