Toshiba MG10AFA18TEY 18TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 3.5-inch Enterprise Nearline HDD

The Toshiba MG10AFA18TEY is an 18TB 3.5-inch enterprise nearline hard disk drive engineered for demanding datacenter, cloud storage, and AI infrastructure environments. Built on Toshiba's 9th-generation MG series platform, it employs conventional magnetic recording (CMR) technology with a 7200 RPM spindle speed and a SATA 6Gb/s interface, delivering consistent sequential throughput suitable for large-scale data ingestion and retrieval workloads. The drive incorporates a 512MB data buffer to sustain high-density read and write operations across extended duty cycles.

Designed to meet enterprise-grade reliability requirements, the MG10AFA18TEY is rated for 550TB per year workload capacity, reflecting its suitability for always-on, high-utilization storage tiers. Toshiba's Persistent Write Cache technology helps protect in-flight data during unexpected power interruptions, while the drive's vibration compensation mechanisms — including Rotational Vibration (RV) sensors — maintain stable performance in multi-drive enclosures and high-density JBOD or NAS arrays. The drive carries a 2.5 million hours MTBF rating, underscoring its design intent for mission-critical continuous operation.

The MG10AFA18TEY is optimized for scale-out storage architectures across hyperscale datacenters, enterprise NAS platforms, object storage nodes, surveillance repositories, and AI/ML training dataset storage pools. Its CMR recording method ensures full compatibility with enterprise RAID controllers and host-managed storage stacks without the rebuild-time limitations associated with SMR alternatives. Shipping in the 'Y' region variant, this model is positioned for global enterprise procurement across UAE, GCC, EMEA, and APAC markets through Omnixon Global.

Ideal for

• Hyperscale and cloud datacenter object storage nodes requiring high-capacity, high-durability nearline HDDs with predictable CMR performance
• Enterprise NAS and scale-out file storage systems demanding sustained throughput and multi-drive vibration resilience in dense enclosures
• AI and machine learning training dataset repositories where large sequential read workloads benefit from 7200 RPM spindle performance and 512MB cache
• Surveillance and video analytics platforms requiring continuous write capability across large unstructured video data streams at petabyte scale
• Backup, archival, and disaster recovery targets in enterprise environments where high per-spindle capacity reduces rack footprint and power consumption
• High-density JBOD expansion shelves in software-defined storage (SDS) clusters where RV sensor compensation maintains integrity across adjacent drive vibration

Technical specifications

Available from Omnixon Global. Submit an RFQ and our team will confirm configuration and availability for your order.