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Toshiba · NAS drive · MN11ACA20TS

Toshiba N300 20TB

Built for 2- to 12-bay NAS boxes, and that's as far as Toshiba's rating goes.

Capacity
20 TB
Recording
CMR
Speed
7,200 rpm
Warranty
3 years
Workload
180 TB/yr
Rated for
Up to 12 bays
Failure rate
No failure data

Good for

  • A 2- to 12-bay NAS in a cupboard
  • RAID, SHR and ZFS rebuilds

Not for

  • Boxes with more than 12 bays
  • A desk or bedroom (7,200 rpm is the louder class)
  • Heavy daily writes (180 TB a year rating)

Updated 27 Oct 2026 · Method 2.0

Who the N300 20 TB is for

For a 2- to 12-bay box that lives in a cupboard it's a good fit, and 7,200 rpm gives it a bit more pace than the slower NAS drives. CMR, thankfully. SMR and parity rebuilds don't get on.

Watch out for

If there's any chance you'll move to a bigger box later, a pro line saves buying drives twice. You get three years' cover and a 180 TB a year workload rating, both on the light side if the pool's busy every day.

No Backblaze failure rate for this one. They don't run enough of them, if any, for a figure worth quoting. Toshiba lists 4.35 W at idle and 7.62 W working, which comes to 38 kWh a year for a drive that idles around the clock. Put four in RAID 5 and you'll have 60 TB to fill (Windows will call it 54.6 TB).