Meaning of Model Number
Labels
HDD model numbers are indicated in the label like the label photos below.
Begins with "AL"
1. Series Number
2. Interface
- S: SAS
3. RPM
- E: 10,500 rpm
- X: 15,000 rpm
4. Height
- B: 15 mm
- Q: 15 mm, SED ( Self-Encripting Drive )
5. Formatted Capacity ×10 or ×100 GB
6. Interface Speed
- 0: 6.0 Gbit/s or 12.0 Gbit/s
- E: 12.0 Gbit/s
7. Options
- A, P: 4K Native (4Kn) AF
- E, Q: 512 B Emulation (512e) AF
- N: 512 B Native (512n) Format
- NY: 512 B Native (512n) Format and SIE ( Sanitize Instant Erase )
Begins with "DT"
1. Series Number
2. Interface
- A: SATA
3. RPM
- B: 5,xxx rpm
- C: 7,200 rpm
4. Height
- A: 26.1 mm
5. Formatted capacity ×10 GB
6. Options
- V: Video Stream
Begins with "MB"
1. Product Line
- B: Enterprise Performance HDD
2. Series Number
3. Form Factor
- 2: 2.5-inch
- 3: 3.5-inch
4. Formatted Capacity
5. Interface
- FC: 2 Gbit Fibre Channel
- FD: 4 Gbit Fibre Channel
- NC: U320 SCSI 80-pin
- NP: U320 SCSI 68-pin
- RC: SAS
Begins with "MC"
1. Series Number
2. Interface
- A: SATA
3. RPM
- C: 7,200 rpm
4. Height
- A: 26.1 mm
5. Formatted Capacity ×10 GB
6. Options
- E: Emulated 512 B/sector Format
Begins with "MD"
1. Series Number
2. Interface
- A: SATA
3. RPM
- B: 5,xxx rpm
- C: 7,200 rpm
4. Height
- A: 26.1 mm
5. Formatted Capacity ×100 GB
6. Interface Speed
- 0,D: 6.0 Gbit/s
7. Options
- N: 512 B Native (512n) Format
- V: Surveillance
Begins with "MG"
1. Series Number
2. Interface
- A: SATA
- S: SAS
3. RPM
- C: 7,200 rpm
4. Height
- A: 26.1 mm
5. Formatted Capacity ×100 GB
6. Interface Speed
- 0,D: 6.0 Gbit/s
- E: 12.0 Gbit/s
7. Options
- A: 4K Native (4Kn) AF
- E: 512 B Emulation (512e) AF
- N: 512 B Native (512n) Format
- AY: 4K Native (4Kn) AF and SIE ( Sanitize Instant Erase )
- EY: 512 B Emulation (512e) AF and SIE ( Sanitize Instant Erase )
- NY: 512 B Native (512n) Format and SIE ( Sanitize Instant Erase )
Begins with "MK"
1. Formatted Capacity
2. Series Number
3. Formatted Capacity Unit
- G: GB
- T: TB
4. Interface
- A: PATA
- C: CE-ATA
- R: SAS
- S: SATA
5. Form Factor, RPM, Height and Other Feature
| 3.5-inch |
|
|---|---|
| 2.5-inch |
|
| 1.8-inch |
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6. Options
- B: Enterprise Model
- D: SED
- F: Free Fall Sensor
- G: Wipe Technology
- R: Enterprise SED
Begins with "MN"
1. Series Number
2. Interface
- A: SATA
3. RPM
- C: 7,200 rpm
4. Height
- A: 26.1mm
5. Formatted Capacity ×10 GB
Begins with "MQ"
1. Series Number
2. Interface
- A: SATA
3. Rotation Speed
- A: 4,200 rpm
- B: 5,400 rpm
- C: 7,200 rpm
4. Height
- B: 15 mm
- D: 9.5 mm
- F: 7 mm
- U: 7 mm (SED)
5. Formatted Capacity ×10 GB
6. Options
- B: FIPS 140-2
- C: Automotive
- H: SSHD
- V: Video Stream
- VS: Security Pairing
- W: Wipe Technology
- Definition of capacity: A terabyte (TB) is 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. A computer operating system, however, reports storage capacity using powers of 2 for the definition of 1GB = 230 = 1,073,741,824 bytes and therefore shows less storage capacity. Available storage capacity (including examples of various media files) will vary based on file size, formatting, settings, software and operating system and/or pre-installed software applications, or media content. Actual formatted capacity may vary.
- SED: Self-Encrypting Drive
- FIPS: FIPS 140-2, U.S. Federal Information Processing Standards 140-2.
- SIE: Sanitize Instant Erase. SIE is compatible with Sanitize Device Feature set. Sanitize Device Feature set is the standard prescribed by T10(SAS) and T13(SATA) committees of American National Standards Association（ANSI), which makes it possible to invalidate the data recorded on the magnetic disks at a blink.
- Wipe technology: Toshiba's unique technology which automatically erases data when an HDD is accessed by an unregistered system.