Toshiba N300 6TB NAS Hard Drive

The Toshiba N300 6TB NAS Hard Drive (model HDWG760AZSTA) is a 3.5-inch internal hard drive built from the ground up for network-attached storage environments in personal, home-office, and small-business settings. Running at 7,200 RPM with a generous 512 MB buffer cache, it delivers consistently fast read and write throughput for multi-user file sharing, data backup, and content archiving workloads that demand around-the-clock availability. Reliability is at the core of the N300 design. Toshiba rates the drive for continuous 24-hour, 365-day operation, backed by a Mean Time to Failure (MTTF) figure of 1,000,000 hours and a 3-year manufacturer warranty. The drive is engineered to handle an annual workload rated at 180 TB per year, making it well-suited for always-on NAS enclosures rather than desktop desktop use. Stable multi-drive performance is ensured by a built-in Rotational Vibration (RV) sensor. This sensor actively compensates for the vibration generated when multiple drives spin simultaneously inside a shared enclosure, allowing reliable operation in NAS systems housing up to 8 drives. This makes the N300 6TB a practical choice for expanding a SOHO NAS array without sacrificing drive stability or data integrity. The SATA 6.0 Gbit/s interface ensures compatibility with virtually all modern NAS enclosures and desktop systems, while the 3.5-inch form factor is the standard size accepted by nearly every tower NAS chassis on the market. Verified Specifications: - Capacity: 6 TB - Form Factor: 3.5-inch - Interface: SATA 6.0 Gbit/s - Rotational Speed: 7,200 RPM - Buffer Memory: 512 MB - Read/Write Power Consumption: 7.43 W (typical) - Idle Power Consumption: 4.14 W (typical) - Dimensions (L × W × H): 147 × 101.85 × 26.1 mm - Operating Temperature: 5°C to 60°C - Non-Operating Temperature: −40°C to 70°C - Vibration Resistance (operating): 7.35 m/s² / 0.75G (5–300 Hz); 2.45 m/s² / 0.25G (300–500 Hz) - Vibration Resistance (non-operating): 29.4 m/s² / 3.0G (5–500 Hz) - Shock Resistance (operating): 686 m/s² / 70G (2 ms) - Shock Resistance (non-operating): 2,450 m/s² / 250G (2 ms) - Standby Noise: 34 dB (typical) - RV Sensor: Yes (supports up to 8-bay NAS enclosures) - Warranty: 3 Years - SKU / Model: HDWG760AZSTA