Toshiba joins the exclusive, three-member 6TB disk drive club

Toshiba has joined Seagate and WD/HGST in the 6TB disk drive club, still so exclusive that it only has three members. The MG04, with capacities of 2, 4, 5 and 6TB, spins at 7200rpm, making it a nearline drive. Toshiba claims it is good for 24/7 usage. It has 12Gbit/s SAS or 6GBit/s SATA interfaces and a secure instant erase …

[David Austin]

Schweet

Nice to get some more 6TB Drives out - Great for the people that want them, and just as good for people wanting smaller drives, as they all drop down a pricing level.

[phil dude]

Re: Schweet

I have 5x5TB via HBA of this drive and they are really nice with ZFS (on Linux).

I am seriously thinking of springing for LARC....

P.

[Fuzz]

exclusivity

Are there any other companies that make hard drives?

[xj25vm]

Re: exclusivity

I would guess Samsung - if they are still at it?

[Linker3000]

Re: exclusivity

Nope - swallowed by Seagate,

[MarkTheMorose]

Phwoar! I'm going to have to download more pr0n to FILL that SUCKER.