Cloudfest 2026
At booth C04 at CloudFest 2026, March 23 – 26, you can explore the latest in hard disk drive technology and discover how Toshiba, along with its core partners, can help faster implement and optimize cloud storage solutions.
This year’s highlights:
UGREEN NAS devices: We’ll showcase a range of UGREEN network storage systems — from compact 2‑bay models to larger 8‑bay versions — and compare their performance and storage capacity.
Performance demo of a 60‑bay storage server: A powerful server with space for 60 hard drives and a total of 1 petabyte of storage. It runs on TrueNAS and is ideal for data analytics, classical machine learning, and CPU‑based AI workloads. It also offers a smooth upgrade path towards GPU‑accelerated AI.
2 petabytes of storage in action: Over 100 hard drives with 24 TB each are combined in this setup. Using JovianDSS from Open‑E, we’ll demonstrate the performance of the ZFS file system in a real‑world scenario.
Live demo of a 1.3‑petabyte cluster: A full storage cluster built with a 60‑bay Promise JBOD and a mix of hardware and software RAID, shown live in operation.
Returning this year: Our HDD experts Rainer Kaese’s keynote on the most recent HDD topics and our popular Crash and Win raffle, only at CloudFest.
We are looking forward seeing you there.
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Talking Storage
Key note at CloudFest 2026
SAVE THE DATE:
The Sustainability of Hard Disk Drives
Keynote | Wednesday, March 25th | 12:40 PM | Location: Das Studio
Senior Manager Rainer Kaese will
- explain how hard disk drives continue to dominate large‑scale storage
- outline HDD long-standing standards such as the 3.5‑inch form factor and SAS/SATA interfaces, ensuring decades of backward and forward compatibility
- enlighten how all of this enabes reliable, cost‑efficient scaling as capacities advance
About the speaker
Rainer Kaese, Senior Manager Business Development, Storage Products Division, has been with Toshiba for over 30 years. He initially specialized in application specific integrated circuits, managing the Design Centre for ASIC, and later the Business Development Team, as well as Foundry Products. He is currently responsible for the introduction and qualification of Toshiba’s Enterprise HDD products into Datacentres, Cloud Computing and Enterprise applications.
If you would like to ask a questions, please drop on email to storage@tee.toshiba.de
Raffle
If you are at CloudFest 2026, don’t forget to get a ticket at Toshiba’s booth for a chance to win
Tuesday 24th, 5pm
2x N300 4TB + UGREEN 2-Bay NAS (DH2300)
Wednesday 25th, 5pm
1x PROMISE Pegasus32 R4 16TB
Thursday 26th, 3pm
2x N300 4TB + UGREEN 2-Bay NAS (DH2300)
We have set up a system with 60 Toshiba drives for you to test how tough they stand up during hot removal. You pull a random drive and if the system crashes, you win.
Get your free raffle ticket and join us at booth C04 on Tuesday or Wednesday at 5 pm and on Thursday at 3 pm, for your chance to win the grand prize.
Videos
MG Series
The enterprise environment demand more and with the MG Series you get it. Each member of the series has a workload rating of 550 TB/year, which is around ten times higher than an average desktop hard disk drive. This performance is available at any time of the day or night, as 24/7 operation also comes as standard.
AL Series
When you have mission-critical applications you need storage solutions that meet your needs. Toshiba’s Enterprise Performance Hard Drive – AL Series delivers high storage densities with rapid data transfer speed, backed up by a 5-year warranty. You can trust the AL Series to deliver 24/7 in the most demanding high-performance server and storage systems.
Knowledge
Podcasts
Storage Insider: Why HDDs are indispensable in an AI World (The Podcast is in German)
Storage Insider: What can be done to avoid HDD failures? (The Podcast is in German)
Articles/Reports & more
From 20 Megabytes to 20 Terabytes: 40 years of hard disk drive technology
Article - How to store (petabytes of) machine-generated data (PDF:350KB)
Whitepaper: Open-e Jovian DSS Powered - Data Storage Appliances with Toshiba HDDs (PDF, 2553KB)
What is the best RAID configuration for 4 Drives?
