Toshiba MG08 14TB

Enterprise HDD

Part number MG08ACA14TE · MG08 series · SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III). If your machine is listed below, this drive is officially supported — not a forum workaround.

Part of the Toshiba MG08 series →

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219

Compatible NAS models

0 Syn · 171 QNAP · 0 Asus · 48 TM

By vendor

14 TB

Listed capacity

Toshiba

Manufacturer

3-2-1 cold backup fit

No series-level recording rating is on file for this part number yet — check the exact model for CMR vs SMR before buying it as a large cold copy (SMR is the one trait that makes a 16 TB+ backup copy painfully slow). The 3-2-1 guide and the backup tools encyclopedia cover what to schedule it with.

Compatibility verdict

It appears on the official compatibility lists of 219 machines and series — 171 QNAP, 48 TerraMaster. This is a Enterprise-class drive: rated for heavier sustained workloads than desktop drives. It is a strong pick for a NAS running 24/7, large-array rebuilds or camera workloads, and enterprise lines are also the drives most widely listed across all five vendors' HCLs. No series-level recording rating is on file for this part number yet, so check CMR vs SMR on the exact model before buying for an array.

Compatible NAS models

QNAP TDS-16489U See its full HCL → QNAP TDS-16489U R2 QTS See its full HCL → QNAP TES-1885U QTS See its full HCL → QNAP TL-R1220Sep-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TL-R1620Sep-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TR-002 See its full HCL → QNAP TR-004 See its full HCL → QNAP TR-004U See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1231XU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1231XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1232PXU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1232XU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1232XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1253BU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1253BU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1253DU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1263U See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1263U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1263XU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1263XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1273U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1277 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1277XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1283XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-131P See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1635 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1635AX See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1673AU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1673U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1677X See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1677XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1683XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1685 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-230 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-231+ See its full HCL → QNAP TS-231P See its full HCL → QNAP TS-231P2 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-231P3 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-2477XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-2483XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-251B See its full HCL → QNAP TS-251D See its full HCL → QNAP TS-253B See its full HCL → QNAP TS-253Be See its full HCL → QNAP TS-2888X See its full HCL → QNAP TS-351 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-431+ See its full HCL → QNAP TS-431P See its full HCL → QNAP TS-431P2 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-431P3 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-431U See its full HCL → QNAP TS-431X See its full HCL → QNAP TS-431X2 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-431X3 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-431XU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-431XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-431XeU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-432PXU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-432PXU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-432XU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-432XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-451DeU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-453B See its full HCL → QNAP TS-453BT3 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-453BU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-453BU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-453Be See its full HCL → QNAP TS-453D See its full HCL → QNAP TS-453DU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-453DU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-463U See its full HCL → QNAP TS-463U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-463XU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-463XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-473 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-473A See its full HCL → QNAP TS-531P See its full HCL → QNAP TS-531X See its full HCL → QNAP TS-563 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-653B See its full HCL → QNAP TS-653D See its full HCL → QNAP TS-673 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-673A See its full HCL → QNAP TS-677 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-831X See its full HCL → QNAP TS-831XU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-831XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-832PX See its full HCL → QNAP TS-832PXU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-832PXU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-832X See its full HCL → QNAP TS-832XU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-832XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-853BU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-853BU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-853DU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-863U See its full HCL → QNAP TS-863U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-863XU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-863XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-873 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-873A See its full HCL → QNAP TS-873U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-877 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-877XU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-877XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-883XU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-883XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-932PX See its full HCL → QNAP TS-932X See its full HCL → QNAP TS-963X See its full HCL → QNAP TS-977XU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-977XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-983XU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-983XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-EC1080 Pro See its full HCL → QNAP TS-EC1280U See its full HCL → QNAP TS-EC1280U R2 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-EC1680U See its full HCL → QNAP TS-EC1680U R2 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-EC2480U See its full HCL → QNAP TS-EC2480U R2 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-EC880U See its full HCL → QNAP TS-EC880U R2 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-EC880 Pro See its full HCL → QNAP TS-h1277XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-h1283XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-h1677XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-h1683XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-h2477XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-h2483XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-h686 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-h886 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-1271U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-1272XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-1672XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-2472XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-463 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-471 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-471U See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-471U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-472XT See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-473 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-473e See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-663 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-671 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-672N See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-672X See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-672XT See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-673 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-673e See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-863 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-863+ See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-871 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-871T See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-871U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-872N See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-872X See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-872XT See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-872XU See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-872XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-873 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-873e See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-951X See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-972XU See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-972XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-EC1080 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-EC1080+ See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-EC880 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-h1288X See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-h1688X See its full HCL → TerraMaster D16 Thunderbolt 3 See its full HCL → TerraMaster D2-310 See its full HCL → TerraMaster D2-320 See its full HCL → TerraMaster D2 Thunderbolt 3 See its full HCL → TerraMaster D4-300 See its full HCL → TerraMaster D4-320 See its full HCL → TerraMaster D4-320U See its full HCL → TerraMaster D5-300 See its full HCL → TerraMaster D5-300C See its full HCL → TerraMaster D5-310 See its full HCL → TerraMaster D5 Hybrid See its full HCL → TerraMaster D5 Thunderbolt 3 See its full HCL → TerraMaster D6-320 See its full HCL → TerraMaster D8 Hybrid See its full HCL → TerraMaster D8 Thunderbolt 3 See its full HCL → TerraMaster D9-320 See its full HCL → TerraMaster F2-210 See its full HCL → TerraMaster F2-212 See its full HCL → TerraMaster F2-423 See its full HCL → TerraMaster F2-424 See its full HCL → TerraMaster F2-425 See its full HCL → TerraMaster F2-425 Plus See its full HCL → TerraMaster F4-210 See its full HCL → TerraMaster F4-212 See its full HCL → TerraMaster F4-423 See its full HCL → TerraMaster F4-424 See its full HCL → TerraMaster F4-424 Max See its full HCL → TerraMaster F4-424 Pro See its full HCL → TerraMaster F4-425 See its full HCL → TerraMaster F4-425 Plus See its full HCL → TerraMaster F4-425 Pro See its full HCL → TerraMaster F6-424 See its full HCL → TerraMaster F6-424 Max See its full HCL → TerraMaster F6-425 Pro See its full HCL → TerraMaster T12-450 See its full HCL → TerraMaster T12-500 Pro See its full HCL → TerraMaster T6-423 See its full HCL → TerraMaster T9-423 See its full HCL → TerraMaster T9-450 See its full HCL → TerraMaster T9-500 Pro See its full HCL → TerraMaster U12 See its full HCL → TerraMaster U12-500 Plus See its full HCL → TerraMaster U16 See its full HCL → TerraMaster U24 See its full HCL → TerraMaster U4 See its full HCL → TerraMaster U4-500 See its full HCL → TerraMaster U8 See its full HCL → TerraMaster U8-500 Plus See its full HCL →

Same-capacity alternatives

Other drives listed at 14 TB capacity, ranked by how many machines list them:

Western Digital WD141KFGX 355 machines · Red Pro Seagate ST14000NM001G 313 machines · EXOS x16 Seagate ST14000NE0008 296 machines · IronWolf Pro Toshiba MG07ACA14TE 295 machines · MG07ACA*** Seagate ST14000VE0008 287 machines · SkyHawkAI Seagate ST14000VN0008 274 machines · IronWolf Toshiba MN07ACA14T 268 machines · MN07ACA*** Toshiba HDWG21EYZSTA 250 machines · N300

Quick answers

Is the MG08ACA14TE officially compatible with my NAS?

It appears on the official compatibility lists of 219 machines and series — 171 QNAP, 48 TerraMaster. Every machine page linked below shows the vendor's own list entry, refreshed daily.

Is the MG08ACA14TE a good NAS drive?

This is a Enterprise-class drive: rated for heavier sustained workloads than desktop drives. It is a strong pick for a NAS running 24/7, large-array rebuilds or camera workloads, and enterprise lines are also the drives most widely listed across all five vendors' HCLs. No series-level recording rating is on file for this part number yet, so check CMR vs SMR on the exact model before buying for an array.

Can I use the MG08ACA14TE for a 3-2-1 cold backup copy?

No series-level recording rating is on file for this part number yet — check the exact model for CMR vs SMR before buying it as a large cold copy (SMR is the one trait that makes a 16 TB+ backup copy painfully slow). The 3-2-1 guide and the backup tools encyclopedia cover what to schedule it with.

What are alternatives to the MG08ACA14TE?

At the same capacity, the most widely listed alternatives are Western Digital WD141KFGX (355 machines), Seagate ST14000NM001G (313 machines), Seagate ST14000NE0008 (296 machines). The full ranked list is below.