We received the MG10AFA22TE sample unit from Toshiba in a protective plastic case. The 22TB platform has (for now?) only a 512e version and not a 4Kn model. Looking at online stores, the drive is listed around €450,00, whereas the 20TB model costs around €400, depending your local region the VAT. Competition at 22TB offers:

• Western Digital Gold 22TB 600 Euro
• Western Digital Red Pro 22TB 580 Euro
• Seagate IronWolf Pro 22TB 560 Euro
• Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC570 22TB 482 Euro
• Seagate Exos X22 Standard Model FastFormat (512e/4Kn) 22TB HDD 470 Euro

The Toshiba MG10AFA22TE seems to be the least expensive drive with SATA interface you can buy nowadays. The design of the Toshiba MG10 20TB series is very simple, its dimensions are according to the 3,5" HDD format.

Below is a close up from the external product label. Our drive is build 07-12-2023 and was running the latest available firmware.

The drive uses normal SATA connectors for connecting with the host. There are also four headers also present, which however are not documented at the official manual for its use, probably for service purposes.

After connecting the HDD to the system, we formatted the disk with NTFS file format and users should expect around 18.1TB of useable free space.

The ClystalDiskInfo software gives us more information about the installed drive, our sample came with 0102 firmware and no hours power on, so it's a brand new drive. As we can see the drive is connected at SATA 3 ports and supports S.M.A.R.T., APM, NCQ and GPL features..