Toshiba MG Series vs Synology HAT5300 HDDs

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Toshiba MG Series vs Synology HAT5300 HDDs

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First time I have had a Synology HAT5300 in my hands. The distributor in question said he had an initial batch that were all pre-sold, to which he added another 2 drives, the first of which went to the original customer having never touched his hands.

The one he was left with was a HAT5300 16GB model and looking at it is indistinguishable from the original Toshiba MG08 part number and actually includes the Toshiba part & serial numbers on the slightly tweaked white label on the drive itself. The plastic transit caddy just has Toshiba information on it. One thing noted by the original customer is that their batch did not include the UK conformity marking. The distributor also said that Synology UK had listed an 18GB version but this changed to an 'err... no' when the order was placed. This was just after launch though. Even at a price dropped to £579.99 (plus vat = £695.98) this last drive has not been sold [they are cheaper on Amazon at £620.47 at time of posting].

 20220228-Synology HAT5300 16TB with Toshiba Part Numbers.png


Still too expensive for me even as a curiosity item and the 16TB is a bit of an odd maximum size, with 18GB becoming the norm at the upper end.

So I went for the unadulterated Toshiba MG09 18TB for £299.99 inc vat. Same model of drive (MG09 vs 08 so slightly updated), with more capacity and at less than half the Synology price:

20220227-HDD-Toshiba MG 18TB redacted.JPG


Drive details:

Code:
0220227-HDD-18GB-Toshiba-Serial-X1D0A05Pxxxx

Serial number:        X1D0A05Pxxxx
Firmware version:    0104

Test Results

Last Quick Test result:
Healthy (27/02/2022 14:17:29)

ID     Attribute                   Value      Worst    Threshold   Raw Data

1      Raw_Read_Error_Rate          100        100        050        0
2      Throughput_Performance       100        100        050        0
3      Spin_Up_Time                 100        100        001        8773
4      Start_Stop_Count             100        100        000        1
5      Reallocated_Sector_Ct        100        100        010        0
7      Seek_Error_Rate              100        100        050        0
8      Seek_Time_Performance        100        100        050        0
9      Power_On_Hours               100        100        000        0
10     Spin_Retry_Count             100        100        030        0
12     Power_Cycle_Count            100        100        000        1
23     Helium_Condition_Lower       100        100        075        0
24     Helium_Condition_Upper       100        100        075        0
27     MAMR_Health_Monitor          100        100        030        16713023
191    G-Sense_Error_Rate           100        100        000        0
192    Power-Off_Retract_Count      100        100        000        0
193    Load_Cycle_Count             100        100        000        1
194    Temperature_Celsius          100        100        000        31
196    Reallocated_Event_Count      100        100        010        0
197    Current_Pending_Sector       100        100        000        0
198    Offline_Uncorrectable        100        100        000        0
199    UDMA_CRC_Error_Count         200        253        000        0
220    Disk_Shift                   100        100        000        1048576
222    Loaded_Hours                 100        100        000        0
223    Load_Retry_Count             100        100        000        0
224    Load_Friction                100        100        000        0
226    Load-in_Time                 100        100        000        686
240    Head_Flying_Hours            100        100        001        0
241    Total_LBAs_Written           100        100        000        0
242    Total_LBAs_Read              100        100        000        120

The Toshiba MG 18TB has performed flawlessly so far. It is fast, quiet and is the lowest wattage of any of my drives. When I say quiet there is zero perceivable noise when in my rack. My rack is enclosed and the fans are all set or replaced to run quiet but racks can sometimes amplify HDD noise such as seeks etc when compared to a desktop. But this drive added nothing - remarkable for a 7200rpm enterprise HDD.

I have 5.6TB on the drive so far and the overall capacity (once overheads and DSM7 is installed) is 16.4TB:

 2022-02-28 at 11.20.48.png


But yes, I did get the red text moaning about incompatibility when the drive was initialised. 'F*** Y** Synology' was my retort!

Otherwise it seems a very good drive and my first dip into microwave assisted HDDs.

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