DB35.4 Series Product Overview
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... 250 hours of standard-definition TV capacity. • PVR acoustic profile as low as 2.5dB supports bedroom and living room system usage models. • Capable of operating at drive case temperatures of up to 75°C • Proven Seagate reliability-designed for worry-free DVR operation, season after season • Low-current spin-up for ease of integration and power supply design • Operational power consumption...
... 250 hours of standard-definition TV capacity. • PVR acoustic profile as low as 2.5dB supports bedroom and living room system usage models. • Capable of operating at drive case temperatures of up to 75°C • Proven Seagate reliability-designed for worry-free DVR operation, season after season • Low-current spin-up for ease of integration and power supply design • Operational power consumption...
DB35.4 Series Product Overview
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... manufacturer more leeway in selecting costefficient power supplies. DB35.4 Series™ Quiet, reliable hard drives optimized for digital entertainment The Seagate Advantage System integrators need to custom fit storage to 50 10* SATA 3Gb/s 2.0 The DB35.4 Series drive continues to raise the bar with enhanced reliability and performance. Seagate Design Service Centers provide design and testing support that helps integrators bring products to keep DVR internal temperatures under control for enhanced system reliability...
... manufacturer more leeway in selecting costefficient power supplies. DB35.4 Series™ Quiet, reliable hard drives optimized for digital entertainment The Seagate Advantage System integrators need to custom fit storage to 50 10* SATA 3Gb/s 2.0 The DB35.4 Series drive continues to raise the bar with enhanced reliability and performance. Seagate Design Service Centers provide design and testing support that helps integrators bring products to keep DVR internal temperatures under control for enhanced system reliability...
DB35.4 Series Data Sheet
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... 250 hours of standard-definition TV capacity. • PVR acoustic profile as low as 2.5dB supports bedroom and living room system usage models. • Capable of operating at drive case temperatures of up to 75°C • Proven Seagate reliability-designed for worry-free DVR operation, season after season • Low-current spin-up for ease of integration and power supply design • Operational power consumption...
... 250 hours of standard-definition TV capacity. • PVR acoustic profile as low as 2.5dB supports bedroom and living room system usage models. • Capable of operating at drive case temperatures of up to 75°C • Proven Seagate reliability-designed for worry-free DVR operation, season after season • Low-current spin-up for ease of integration and power supply design • Operational power consumption...
DB35.4 Series Data Sheet
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...and efficiently. www.seagate.com 1-800-SEAGATE (1-800-732-4283) Specifications Model Number Interface Options Performance Cache, Multisegmented (MB) SATA Data Transfer Modes Supported (Gb/s) Simultaneous SDTV Streams Supported (Assumes 256K host buffer per stream) Simultaneous HDTV Streams Supported (Assumes 2MB host buffer per stream) Power-On to Ready (typical, sec) Standby to Ready (typical, sec) Maximum External Transfer Rate (MB/s) Voltage Voltage Tolerance (including noise) Environmental Temperature (°C) Operating (ambient min) Operating (drive case max) Nonoperating (ambient...
...and efficiently. www.seagate.com 1-800-SEAGATE (1-800-732-4283) Specifications Model Number Interface Options Performance Cache, Multisegmented (MB) SATA Data Transfer Modes Supported (Gb/s) Simultaneous SDTV Streams Supported (Assumes 256K host buffer per stream) Simultaneous HDTV Streams Supported (Assumes 2MB host buffer per stream) Power-On to Ready (typical, sec) Standby to Ready (typical, sec) Maximum External Transfer Rate (MB/s) Voltage Voltage Tolerance (including noise) Environmental Temperature (°C) Operating (ambient min) Operating (drive case max) Nonoperating (ambient...
Deliver a Great Viewing Experience With DB35 Series Hard Drives in Your DVR System (61K, PDF)
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...stored information. Seagate DB35 Series hard drives with digital rights management As part of a comprehensive digital rights management solution, Seagate customers can gain access to avoid problems caused by DB35 Series hard drives. Improve stream integrity through time-limited commands Uninterrupted, smooth video delivery is installed. DriveTrust technology provides the optional capability to "lock" the drive to define the drives' timeout performance in hard drive-based products. 2 Manufacturers can configure the drives' time-limited commands settings before the drives ship...
...stored information. Seagate DB35 Series hard drives with digital rights management As part of a comprehensive digital rights management solution, Seagate customers can gain access to avoid problems caused by DB35 Series hard drives. Improve stream integrity through time-limited commands Uninterrupted, smooth video delivery is installed. DriveTrust technology provides the optional capability to "lock" the drive to define the drives' timeout performance in hard drive-based products. 2 Manufacturers can configure the drives' time-limited commands settings before the drives ship...
Deliver a Great Viewing Experience With DB35 Series Hard Drives in Your DVR System (61K, PDF)
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Contact your local Seagate sales representative for more information For detailed information on how Seagate can provide important technical assistance to manufacturers in the areas of integration design and application testing. Printed in USA. DB35 Series, DriveTrust, DynaPlay and SoftSonic, are registered trademarks of devices using hard drive storage. For more information on Seagate products, the company or getting started as airflow design, thermal performance, shock and...
Contact your local Seagate sales representative for more information For detailed information on how Seagate can provide important technical assistance to manufacturers in the areas of integration design and application testing. Printed in USA. DB35 Series, DriveTrust, DynaPlay and SoftSonic, are registered trademarks of devices using hard drive storage. For more information on Seagate products, the company or getting started as airflow design, thermal performance, shock and...
Enabling a Competitive IPTV Rollout (153K, PDF)
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...2004 Forrester Research study of 588 DVR users provides dramatic data showing that the DVR is "it makes recording shows easier." According to Forrester, when DVR users were asked to record their favorite shows. These same users rate the difference the DVR makes in the Forrester research. Forrester Research ...with a 160-GB hard drive in every BT Vision set-top box installed. BT is using the DVR as follows: "In seven years of consumer surveys at least in part, by BT: convenience, choice and control. 3 The Mind of allowing the average TV viewer to sign up in other device in television ...
...2004 Forrester Research study of 588 DVR users provides dramatic data showing that the DVR is "it makes recording shows easier." According to Forrester, when DVR users were asked to record their favorite shows. These same users rate the difference the DVR makes in the Forrester research. Forrester Research ...with a 160-GB hard drive in every BT Vision set-top box installed. BT is using the DVR as follows: "In seven years of consumer surveys at least in part, by BT: convenience, choice and control. 3 The Mind of allowing the average TV viewer to sign up in other device in television ...
Enabling a Competitive IPTV Rollout (153K, PDF)
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...control in the TV viewing experience. Enabling a Competitive IPTV Rollout How British Telecom is using the DVR as a fundamental component of winning in broadcast TV Pausing live TV simply involves freezing the current live content. It's pretty clear why users consider this loyalty to acquire and view content in either a rental or ownership model... will be somewhat bandwidth- 5 "New independent video-on the screen, while the hard drive continues to making this content available through a standard web service and accessible through a BT Vision settop box using the DVR to have to mean...
...control in the TV viewing experience. Enabling a Competitive IPTV Rollout How British Telecom is using the DVR as a fundamental component of winning in broadcast TV Pausing live TV simply involves freezing the current live content. It's pretty clear why users consider this loyalty to acquire and view content in either a rental or ownership model... will be somewhat bandwidth- 5 "New independent video-on the screen, while the hard drive continues to making this content available through a standard web service and accessible through a BT Vision settop box using the DVR to have to mean...
Enabling a Competitive IPTV Rollout (153K, PDF)
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... registered trademarks of customers. Using the DVR to facilitate a near-VOD implementation allows operators to multi-cast VOD content to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications. Video-on the hard drive where the consumers view it at their convenience with their DVRs, there remains other multi-media devices. Downloaded content can time out after the prescribed...
... registered trademarks of customers. Using the DVR to facilitate a near-VOD implementation allows operators to multi-cast VOD content to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications. Video-on the hard drive where the consumers view it at their convenience with their DVRs, there remains other multi-media devices. Downloaded content can time out after the prescribed...
DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manual
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... Substances (RoHS) Directive 16 2.15 Corrosive environment 16 3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive 17 3.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions 17 3.2 Configuring the drive 18 3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors 18 3.4 Drive mounting 19 4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface 21 4.1 Hot-Plug compatibility 21 4.2 Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions 22 4.3 Supported ATA commands 23 4.3.1 Identify Device command 25 4.3.2 Set Features command 29 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands 30 5.0 Seagate Technology support services 31 DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C i
... Substances (RoHS) Directive 16 2.15 Corrosive environment 16 3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive 17 3.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions 17 3.2 Configuring the drive 18 3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors 18 3.4 Drive mounting 19 4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface 21 4.1 Hot-Plug compatibility 21 4.2 Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions 22 4.3 Supported ATA commands 23 4.3.1 Identify Device command 25 4.3.2 Set Features command 29 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands 30 5.0 Seagate Technology support services 31 DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C i
DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manual
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... connectors. DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 1 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate DB35.4® Series model drive: ST3250310CS These drives provide the following key features: • Low profile deck design for improved air-flow and low-profile system design. • High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 300 Mbytes per second). • Perpendicular recording, Tunneling Magnetoresistive (TMR) recording heads...
... connectors. DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 1 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate DB35.4® Series model drive: ST3250310CS These drives provide the following key features: • Low profile deck design for improved air-flow and low-profile system design. • High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 300 Mbytes per second). • Perpendicular recording, Tunneling Magnetoresistive (TMR) recording heads...
DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manual
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... software. The Command and Control Block registers, PIO and DMA data transfers, resets, and interrupts are Device 0 (master) devices. The specification can be downloaded from parallel ATA easy by providing legacy software support. In addition, Serial ATA makes the transition from www.serialata.org. 2 DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Note. The host adapter may, optionally, emulate a master/slave environment to as normal. The Serial ATA interface connects each disc drive in your existing applications to provide backward compatibility with parallel ATA...
... software. The Command and Control Block registers, PIO and DMA data transfers, resets, and interrupts are Device 0 (master) devices. The specification can be downloaded from parallel ATA easy by providing legacy software support. In addition, Serial ATA makes the transition from www.serialata.org. 2 DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Note. The host adapter may, optionally, emulate a master/slave environment to as normal. The Serial ATA interface connects each disc drive in your existing applications to provide backward compatibility with parallel ATA...
DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manual
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...Drive specification Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors Heads Discs Bytes per sector Default sectors per track Default read/write heads Default cylinders Recording density Track density Areal density Internal data transfer rate Sustained data transfer rate OD I/O data-transfer rate ATA data-transfer modes supported Cache buffer Height (max) Width (max) Length (max) Weight (typical) Power-on to ready Standby to ready Track-to-track seek time Average seek, read Average seek, write Startup current (typical) 12V (peak) Voltage tolerance (including noise) Operating temperature...
...Drive specification Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors Heads Discs Bytes per sector Default sectors per track Default read/write heads Default cylinders Recording density Track density Areal density Internal data transfer rate Sustained data transfer rate OD I/O data-transfer rate ATA data-transfer modes supported Cache buffer Height (max) Width (max) Length (max) Weight (typical) Power-on to ready Standby to ready Track-to-track seek time Average seek, read Average seek, write Startup current (typical) 12V (peak) Voltage tolerance (including noise) Operating temperature...
DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manual
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... max) Sustained data transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) I/O data-transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) Serial ATA (SATA) Perpendicular 1,049 155 163 1,212 106 300 6 DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. See Section 4.3.1, "Identify Device command" (words 60-61 and 100-103) for additional information about 48bit addressing support of drives with capacities over 137 Gbytes. 2.3 Default logical geometry Cylinders 16,383 Read/write heads 16 Sectors per sector 512 *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to n-1, where n is the number...
... max) Sustained data transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) I/O data-transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) Serial ATA (SATA) Perpendicular 1,049 155 163 1,212 106 300 6 DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. See Section 4.3.1, "Identify Device command" (words 60-61 and 100-103) for additional information about 48bit addressing support of drives with capacities over 137 Gbytes. 2.3 Default logical geometry Cylinders 16,383 Read/write heads 16 Sectors per sector 512 *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to n-1, where n is the number...
DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manual
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....2 Electromagnetic compatibility Hard drives that is performed to provide the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of purchase. The AFR will be degraded if used in a enterprise application. Drives are recognized in the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive (89/336/EEC). Operation at temperatures outside the specifications in an environment of ambient air temperatures of 25°C. 2.12 Reliability 2.12.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) The product shall achieve an Annualized Failure Rate...
....2 Electromagnetic compatibility Hard drives that is performed to provide the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of purchase. The AFR will be degraded if used in a enterprise application. Drives are recognized in the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive (89/336/EEC). Operation at temperatures outside the specifications in an environment of ambient air temperatures of 25°C. 2.12 Reliability 2.12.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) The product shall achieve an Annualized Failure Rate...
DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manual
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...: DB35 Series • Certificate number: In process Australian C-Tick (N176) If these drives have the Korea Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) logo, they comply with the Australia/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS3548 1995 and meet the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Framework requirements of the Radio Research Laboratory (RRL) Ministry of Information and Communication Republic of Korea. DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Drives are...
...: DB35 Series • Certificate number: In process Australian C-Tick (N176) If these drives have the Korea Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) logo, they comply with the Australia/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS3548 1995 and meet the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Framework requirements of the Radio Research Laboratory (RRL) Ministry of Information and Communication Republic of Korea. DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Drives are...
DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manual
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... relationship. It is keyed to 26 AWG with a maximum length of not limiting the drive to a 1.5 Gbits/sec transfer rate. 3.0 Gbits per second operation Limit data transfer rate to -point with the Serial ATA host adapter. The cable size may use a chipset that enable the direct connection to be 30 to ensure correct orientation. 3.2 Configuring the drive Each drive on the Serial ATA interface connects point-to 1.5 Gbits per second Jumper block SATA power connector SATA interface connector Figure 3.
... relationship. It is keyed to 26 AWG with a maximum length of not limiting the drive to a 1.5 Gbits/sec transfer rate. 3.0 Gbits per second operation Limit data transfer rate to -point with the Serial ATA host adapter. The cable size may use a chipset that enable the direct connection to be 30 to ensure correct orientation. 3.2 Configuring the drive Each drive on the Serial ATA interface connects point-to 1.5 Gbits per second Jumper block SATA power connector SATA interface connector Figure 3.
DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manual
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...Supported ATA commands Command name Check Power Mode Device Configuration Freeze Lock Device Configuration Identify Device Configuration Restore Device Configuration Set Device Reset Download Microcode Execute Device Diagnostics Flush Cache Flush Cache Extended Format Track Identify Device Idle Idle Immediate Initialize Device Parameters Read Buffer Read DMA Read DMA Extended Read DMA Without Retries Read Log Ext Read Multiple Read Multiple Extended Read Native Max Address Read Native Max Address Extended Read Sectors Read Sectors Extended Read Sectors Without Retries Read Verify Sectors Read...
...Supported ATA commands Command name Check Power Mode Device Configuration Freeze Lock Device Configuration Identify Device Configuration Restore Device Configuration Set Device Reset Download Microcode Execute Device Diagnostics Flush Cache Flush Cache Extended Format Track Identify Device Idle Idle Immediate Initialize Device Parameters Read Buffer Read DMA Read DMA Extended Read DMA Without Retries Read Log Ext Read Multiple Read Multiple Extended Read Native Max Address Read Native Max Address Extended Read Sectors Read Sectors Extended Read Sectors Without Retries Read Verify Sectors Read...
DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manual
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... all formats and all brands of purchase or Seagate warranty service for the return of telephone numbers to technical support, presales and warranty service in Asia/Pacific, go to the "Contact Us" page on a global basis for assistance. Contact your serial number and model or part number available. Our data recovery services labs are available on www.seagate.com. 32 DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Global Customer Support Presales, Technical, and Warranty Support Call Center Toll-free...
... all formats and all brands of purchase or Seagate warranty service for the return of telephone numbers to technical support, presales and warranty service in Asia/Pacific, go to the "Contact Us" page on a global basis for assistance. Contact your serial number and model or part number available. Our data recovery services labs are available on www.seagate.com. 32 DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Global Customer Support Presales, Technical, and Warranty Support Call Center Toll-free...
DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manual
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... S.M.A.R.T. Read Attribute Thresholds 24 S.M.A.R.T. Return Status 24 34 DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Identify Device command 25 Idle 10, 23 Idle Immediate 23 Idle mode 8, 10 IEC950 14 Information Technology Equipment (ITE) 14 Initialize Device Parameters 23 Input noise ripple 9 input voltage 8 interface 6, 21 interference 15 internal data-transfer rate OD 6 ITE 14 K Korea Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) 15 Korean RRL 15 L LBA mode 6 length 7 logical geometry 6 M maintenance 14 master/slave...
... S.M.A.R.T. Read Attribute Thresholds 24 S.M.A.R.T. Return Status 24 34 DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Identify Device command 25 Idle 10, 23 Idle Immediate 23 Idle mode 8, 10 IEC950 14 Information Technology Equipment (ITE) 14 Initialize Device Parameters 23 Input noise ripple 9 input voltage 8 interface 6, 21 interference 15 internal data-transfer rate OD 6 ITE 14 K Korea Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) 15 Korean RRL 15 L LBA mode 6 length 7 logical geometry 6 M maintenance 14 master/slave...