Toshiba presents a 2.5-inch enterprise hard drive in the 3.5-inch frame
They can come in server environments are used. The small size has regarding power consumption, noise and vibration tolerance advantages. SAS serves as an interface 2.0.
Toshiba has introduced a 2.5-inch hard drive series in the 3.5-inch frame. It is called MBF2xxLRC dell vostro 1520 battery, so for example MBF260LRC for the largest model with 600 GB. Also available are 450 and 300 GB hard disks.
Through the context of possible use in environments that are designed for 3.5-inch drives. Thus, for example, companies replace old disks in the server area by the new Toshiba models. The advantages of the smaller format called Toshiba lower energy consumption, less noise and vibration and high heat tolerance. The noise level specified by the manufacturer with 29 decibels. The power consumption during operation is 8 watts, the 300 GB model only 7 watts.
Toshiba Storage Device Division recommends the plates for midrange servers, mainstream storage arrays and blade and rack servers. Their speed is 10 025 revolutions per minute, the maximum transfer rate 216 MB / s 2.0 on Serial Attached SCSI (SAS). The plates are available through Toshiba’s channel partners.
The 2.5-inch HDD MBF260LRC put in a 3.5-inch frame (Picture: Toshiba).
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