Toshiba · MG Series
MG08SDA800E is Toshiba MG Series 8TB SAS-12G. 3 of its 5 segments are defined in Toshiba's published documentation and decoded below; the rest are not publicly documented and are marked as such. 1 live listing below.
| Segment | What it means | Source |
|---|---|---|
| MG | MG series - 3.5-inch enterprise capacity drives. | Toshiba |
| 08 | Series generation number. | Toshiba |
| SDA | Toshiba does not publicly document this segment. | not documented |
| 800 | Capacity field: 800 denotes 800GB. | Toshiba |
| E | Toshiba does not publicly document this segment. | not documented |
We decode only what the manufacturer documents. There is a large body of community knowledge about the undocumented segments above, much of it probably right, and none of it published by Toshiba - so it does not appear in this table. A reading nobody can check does not belong in a column headed “what it means”. Grammar reference: Toshiba - enterprise HDD model nomenclature.
MG08SDA800E is Toshiba MG Series, a 8TB hard drive on SAS-12G. Being a SAS device, it needs a SAS host bus adapter or backplane - it will not run from a motherboard SATA port, though a SATA drive will run on a SAS controller.
We currently track 1 live listing against this exact part number. 1 sibling part number is documented below - these are the numbers most often mistaken for this one, and the table marks which fields actually differ.
| Manufacturer | Toshiba |
| Family | MG Series |
| Capacity | 8TB |
| Interface | SAS-12G |
| Product class | HDD |
These are the part numbers most often confused with MG08SDA800E. The differences below come from the same vendor documentation as the decode above - where a field is not documented, the row leaves it blank rather than guessing.
| Part number | Capacity | Interface | Format | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MG03ACA200 | 2TB | SATA-6G | in catalogue |
Amber cells differ from MG08SDA800E; grey cells match it.
| Listing | Condition | Pack | $/TB | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toshiba MG08 8TB | New | single | $46.13 | $369.00 | Buy |
A manufacturer part number does not imply a manufacturer warranty, and this is where part-number buyers lose the most money. OEM stock, integrator pulls and gray-market units all reach the market under the maker's own numbering. Retailers selling them sometimes state plainly that the manufacturer warranty is none; others simply do not mention it, which is not the same as it being covered.
Coverage attaches to the individual unit and its serial number, not to the part number. That means the only reliable answer comes from the manufacturer, about the specific drive you are being sold.
Ask the seller for the serial number before purchase, then enter it in Toshiba warranty support. We link the tool rather than showing a result here, because the answer depends on the individual drive and only Toshiba can give it.
A seller warranty is a different promise from a different company. What each warranty tier actually covers · Verify on arrival
4 in-stock listings · same capacity, any part number · ranked by live cost per tb, refreshed every few hours
| Drive | Capacity | Interface | Recording | Condition | $/TB | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell M40TH 8TB SAS 12G 512E M40TH | 8TB | SAS-12G | CMR | REFURB | $25.63 | $205 | Buy |
| WD WD Gold 8TB WD8003FRYZ | 8TB | SATA-6G | CMR | REFURB | $26.13 | $209 | Buy |
| WD Ultrastar 8TB SAS | 8TB | SAS-12G | CMR | REFURB | $27.50 | $220 | Buy |
| Seagate BarraCuda 8TB ST8000DMZ04 ST8000DMZ04 | 8TB | SATA-6G | SMR | REFURB | $31.51 | $252 | Buy |
Every 8TB drive we track, ranked by cost per terabyte.
MG08SDA800E is Toshiba MG Series 8TB SAS-12G. 3 of its 5 segments are defined in Toshiba's own published documentation - the decode table on this page shows each one with the document that defines it. The remaining segments are not publicly documented, and we say so rather than repeating a community guess as fact.
Not necessarily, and the part number cannot tell you. Coverage depends on how the individual unit entered the market and whether it was registered, not on its model designation. OEM and gray-market stock reaches the market under manufacturer part numbers regularly and frequently carries no manufacturer warranty at all - some retailers print exactly that on the listing. Check the specific serial with Toshiba's own tool, linked in the warranty section on this page.
Both are in the MG Series range. The clearest difference is capacity - 8TB against 2TB. They differ in interface: SAS-12G against SATA-6G, which decides whether the drive fits your controller. The variant table on this page lists every sibling we document with what differs.
We track 1 live listing carrying this part number, shown above with condition and cost per terabyte. Prices come from Amazon US and are re-checked continuously; the buy links go to the live listing because the price can change between our check and your click.
Because more than one organisation names it. The manufacturer assigns a model number describing the product; a server vendor buying it in volume assigns its own spare-part number for its service catalogue; distributors sometimes add another. All identify the same physical drive, which is why one number returns listings that look like a different product. Our part number index explains the pattern per vendor.