Toshiba, as a long-established semiconductor manufacturer, began to produce mechanical hard disks 30 years ago. Toshiba has a certain gap with Seagate and Western Digital in terms of technical strength and brand scale, but it still occupies a certain market share.
 
In the 2011 merger and acquisition between Seagate and Hitachi, Toshiba took over Hitachi's 3.5-inch consumer hard drive production line as an antitrust condition. However, the 3.5-inch consumer hard disk business is a low-profit business in mechanical hard disks, and some industry insiders commented that Toshiba did not profit from this acquisition, but carried a burden.
 
Toshiba's consumer-grade product lines are relatively clear, namely the home-grade P300 series, the X300 series for gaming enthusiasts, and the network-grade N300 series. Most of Toshiba's consumer-grade products only offer a two-year warranty, and most enterprise-level products offer a three-year warranty, which is lacking in after-sales service compared to the 3 to 5 year warranty period of other products.
 
The Toshiba P300 is available in capacities from 500GB to 3T, and uses a 7200RPM speed disk for daily use. The 500GB version costs 279 yuan, while the 1TB version only costs 289 yuan, so it is recommended to buy the 1TB version. If users have larger capacity needs, Toshiba Enthusiast Hard Drive X300 provides a maximum capacity of 6TB hard disk, 128MB cache to ensure the smoothness of the hard disk. The 6TB version is priced at 1399 yuan, which is the most affordable choice among enthusiast hard drives.
 
The N300 supports up to 8-bay NAS systems, relying on Toshiba's shockproof and platter stabilization technology, so that the N300 series hard drives can support 24*7 uninterrupted and stable operation. In addition, the N300 series has an average working interval of 1 million hours, which is highly reliable. The 8TB version is 1999 yuan, which is 200 yuan cheaper than the Seagate Cool Wolf with the same capacity, and it is more cost-effective.
 
Toshiba surveillance-grade hard disk MD06 has a capacity of up to 10TB and supports up to 64 cameras concurrently, adapting to complex surveillance systems. If the monitoring system is relatively simple, you can choose the MD04 surveillance hard disk and DT01 monitoring hard disk that support 32 cameras, although the speed of the hard disk has decreased, but the stability is still guaranteed.
 
Toshiba's enterprise-class hard disk AL14 is a rare 10500RPM hard disk on the market, but its maximum capacity is only 1.2TB, and the price of 1799 yuan is also more expensive. AL14 uses SAS interface, which is not compatible with SATA interface, and needs to be distinguished when purchasing. MG04 and MG05 respectively use SAS and SATA interfaces, the disk speed is 7200RPM, the average failure interval is 1.4 million hours, and Seagate, Western Digital enterprise-level hard disk has a certain gap, the 6TB version of 1799 yuan price is not cost-effective.