Toshiba AL14SE series enterprise performance HDD

Toshiba Corporation’s Semiconductor & Storage Products Company has announced its enterprise performance hard disk drive (HDD) line, the AL14SE series, designed for mission-critical servers and high-performance, high-availability storage systems. The 10,500 rpm HDD supports 12 Gbps SAS and 512n sector length for compatibility with the latest generation host controllers and host bus adapters.

The product features a four-platter design, increasing storage capacity by 33% over previous models. The range is also updated with a 128 MB data buffer for improved performance. It provides 12 Gbps dual-ported SAS support and 512n sector models in capacities of 300, 450, 600, 900 and 1200 GB.

The HDD is designed to support OEM customisations of value-add features such as optional RAID rebuild assist and optional self-encryption feature sets. The 12 Gbps SAS feature provides auto-negotiation to 6 Gbps SAS for legacy host controllers, enabling compatibility within legacy hardware platforms and host controllers.

The product is suitable for server and storage systems and applications requiring a balance between storage capacity and performance in virtualised storage environments.