Japanese HDD manufacturer Toshiba has announced a 8TB hard drive. The 3.5" form factor drive is the largest in Toshiba's X300 series which are also available in capacities of 4TB, 5TB and 6TB. The 8TB HDD connects to the computer using the SATA-3 interface, spins at 7200 RPM and has a cache of 128 MB.
The drive with model number HDWF180EZSTA features an internal shock-sensor that should prevent any data loss when the disk is e.g. transported. When the shock-sensor detects the HDD is moved, the drive slider does not make contact with the disk.
Toshiba's X300 series is the company's high performance range. The 8TB X300 will become available in June with a MSRP of €339.95 ($ 380).
The Japanese electronics giant isn't the first to make a 8TB HDD available, also Seagate and WD sell drives with this capacity.
