At the end of 2018 we have looked at the 8TB version of the N300 NAS Hard Drive from Toshiba; since then, more capacities have been made available from the same series, from 10TB up to 16TB! These drives are made to support multi-RAID systems for streaming, backup, archiving and more and thanks to the increased transfer rates the data can be accessed without delay by multiple clients, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Our sample was offered in a retail packaging, which offers quite a bit of information about the model, including the total storage space, rotational speed or buffer cache:
Some more info is posted on the side as well:
Toshiba has a comparison table between all their HDD series and here we can clearly see that the N300 is the only models that come with a 3-year warranty:
In order to avoid shocks and bumps during transit, the manufacturer has packed the drive with extra care and has also added a Installation and Safety information document:
Besides the bubble wrapping, the drive was also wrapped inside a transparent plastic bag:
The drive chassis aspect is a little bit modified when comparing to the 8TB N300 variant, including the sticker details:
The 10TB model doubles the buffer cache from 128MB to 256MB and we will also learn of the drive serial number, internal code name, firmware version, product revision, manufacturing date and more:
On the sides of the drive we do have the usual mounting holes:
The frontal drive area shows an additional sticker with an extra serial number:
The connector layout is the same as before, with the SATA Data/Power ones, along with a set of pins:
The bottom layer of the drive does show the PCB area, along with the 7200RPM motor contacts:
