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...non-regulatory restrictions - Brought to you by Seagate, a company that won't slow you down 2TB, 1.5TB, 1TB and 500GB • SATA 3Gb/s Key Advantages • Power consumption has been reduced by up to 44 percent over standard desktop drives to provide power savings over the life ... reducing costs of fans and power supply units. • Sustainable technology for implementation of the materials used to build the drive can be recycled. - Data Sheet Barracuda® LP Low power that has earned recognition for a green world: - 70 percent or more of green practices worldwide Best-Fit ...
...non-regulatory restrictions - Brought to you by Seagate, a company that won't slow you down 2TB, 1.5TB, 1TB and 500GB • SATA 3Gb/s Key Advantages • Power consumption has been reduced by up to 44 percent over standard desktop drives to provide power savings over the life ... reducing costs of fans and power supply units. • Sustainable technology for implementation of the materials used to build the drive can be recycled. - Data Sheet Barracuda® LP Low power that has earned recognition for a green world: - 70 percent or more of green practices worldwide Best-Fit ...
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...92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 33 1-4186 10 00 Copyright © 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. When referring to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion bytes when referring to the increasing customer needs for low...a trademark or registered trademark of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its focus to hard drive capacity. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. Barracuda® LP Low power that won't slow you...
...92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 33 1-4186 10 00 Copyright © 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. When referring to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion bytes when referring to the increasing customer needs for low...a trademark or registered trademark of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its focus to hard drive capacity. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. Barracuda® LP Low power that won't slow you...
Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual
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... Rev. All rights reserved. added "Warranty" specific section. Copyright © 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. Seagate reserves the right to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one of Seagate Technology LLC or one trillion bytes. Barracuda LP Series, SeaTools and SeaTDD are registered trademarks of measurement and report...
... Rev. All rights reserved. added "Warranty" specific section. Copyright © 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. Seagate reserves the right to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one of Seagate Technology LLC or one trillion bytes. Barracuda LP Series, SeaTools and SeaTDD are registered trademarks of measurement and report...
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commands 32 5.0 Seagate Technology support services 33 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Contents 1.0 Introduction 1 1.1 About the Serial ATA interface 2 2.0 Drive specifications 3 2.1 Formatted capacity 8 2.1.1 LBA mode 8 2.2 Default logical geometry 8 2.3 Recording and interface technology 8 2.4 Physical ... 19 2.14 Corrosive environment 19 3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive 20 3.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions 20 3.2 Configuring the drive 21 3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors 21 3.4 Drive mounting 22 4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface 23 4.1 Hot...
commands 32 5.0 Seagate Technology support services 33 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Contents 1.0 Introduction 1 1.1 About the Serial ATA interface 2 2.0 Drive specifications 3 2.1 Formatted capacity 8 2.1.1 LBA mode 8 2.2 Default logical geometry 8 2.3 Recording and interface technology 8 2.4 Physical ... 19 2.14 Corrosive environment 19 3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive 20 3.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions 20 3.2 Configuring the drive 21 3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors 21 3.4 Drive mounting 22 4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface 23 4.1 Hot...
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List of Figures Figure 1. Serial ATA connectors 21 Attaching SATA cabling 21 Mounting dimensions (2.0, 1.5 and 1.0 TB models 22 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Figure 2. D v Figure 3.
List of Figures Figure 1. Serial ATA connectors 21 Attaching SATA cabling 21 Mounting dimensions (2.0, 1.5 and 1.0 TB models 22 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Figure 2. D v Figure 3.
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... reporting. • Supports latching SATA cables and connectors. • Worldwide Name (WWN) capability uniquely identifies the drive. D 1 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate Barracuda® LP Series model drives: ST32000542AS ST31500541AS ST31000520AS These drives provide the following key features: • 5900 RPM spindle speed. • High instantaneous (burst) data...
... reporting. • Supports latching SATA cables and connectors. • Worldwide Name (WWN) capability uniquely identifies the drive. D 1 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate Barracuda® LP Series model drives: ST32000542AS ST31500541AS ST31000520AS These drives provide the following key features: • 5900 RPM spindle speed. • High instantaneous (burst) data...
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...of installation. • Scalability to higher performance levels. In addition, Serial ATA makes the transition from www.sata-io.org. 2 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Serial ATA was designed to allow you to host software as the Shadow Register Block. This essentially means ... the host operating system views the two devices as if they are represented to install a Serial ATA host adapter and Serial ATA disk drive in a point-to the "Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 2.6". The primary advantages include: • Easy installation and configuration...
...of installation. • Scalability to higher performance levels. In addition, Serial ATA makes the transition from www.sata-io.org. 2 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Serial ATA was designed to allow you to host software as the Shadow Register Block. This essentially means ... the host operating system views the two devices as if they are represented to install a Serial ATA host adapter and Serial ATA disk drive in a point-to the "Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 2.6". The primary advantages include: • Easy installation and configuration...
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For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 3 For details on specification measurement or definition, see the appropriate section of this manual to indicate the following drive models: ST32000542AS ST31500541AS ST31000520AS Specification summary tables The specifications listed in the following tables are measured under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power. 2.0 Drive specifications Unless otherwise noted, all specifications are for quick reference.
For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 3 For details on specification measurement or definition, see the appropriate section of this manual to indicate the following drive models: ST32000542AS ST31500541AS ST31000520AS Specification summary tables The specifications listed in the following tables are measured under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power. 2.0 Drive specifications Unless otherwise noted, all specifications are for quick reference.
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... summary for 2000 and 1500GB models Drive specification Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors Heads Disk Bytes per sector Default sectors per track Default read/write heads Default ...current (typical) 12V (peak) Voltage tolerance (including noise) Operating temperature (Drive Case temperature) Nonoperating temperature (Ambient) Temperature gradient (max) Relative humidity Relative humidity gradient (max.) Wet bulb temperature (max.) Altitude, operating Altitude, nonoperating (below mean sea level, max) ST32000542AS 2000GB 3,907,029,168 8 4 512 63 16 16,383 1417kb/in...
... summary for 2000 and 1500GB models Drive specification Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors Heads Disk Bytes per sector Default sectors per track Default read/write heads Default ...current (typical) 12V (peak) Voltage tolerance (including noise) Operating temperature (Drive Case temperature) Nonoperating temperature (Ambient) Temperature gradient (max) Relative humidity Relative humidity gradient (max.) Wet bulb temperature (max.) Altitude, operating Altitude, nonoperating (below mean sea level, max) ST32000542AS 2000GB 3,907,029,168 8 4 512 63 16 16,383 1417kb/in...
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... (max) Vibration, operating Vibration, nonoperating Drive acoustics, sound power Idle** Seek Profile Nonrecoverable read errors Warranty Contact start-stop cycles Supports Hotplug operation per the Serial ATA Revision 2.6 specification ST32000542AS 70 Gs at 2ms 300 Gs at ...seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp From this page, click on operating environment and formatting. **During periods of purchase. humidity Yes *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to the S.M.A.R.T. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. specification, which may occur according to hard drive...
... (max) Vibration, operating Vibration, nonoperating Drive acoustics, sound power Idle** Seek Profile Nonrecoverable read errors Warranty Contact start-stop cycles Supports Hotplug operation per the Serial ATA Revision 2.6 specification ST32000542AS 70 Gs at 2ms 300 Gs at ...seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp From this page, click on operating environment and formatting. **During periods of purchase. humidity Yes *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to the S.M.A.R.T. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. specification, which may occur according to hard drive...
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... summary for 1000GB models Drive specification Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors Heads Disks Bytes per sector Default sectors per track Default read/write heads Default cylinders... (typical) Track-to-track seek time Average read (typical) Average write (typical) Startup current (typical) 12V (peak) Voltage tolerance (including noise) Operating temperature (Drive Case temperature) Nonoperating temperature (Ambient) Temperature gradient (max) Relative humidity Relative humidity gradient (max) Wet bulb temperature (max) Altitude, operating Altitude, nonoperating (below mean...
... summary for 1000GB models Drive specification Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors Heads Disks Bytes per sector Default sectors per track Default read/write heads Default cylinders... (typical) Track-to-track seek time Average read (typical) Average write (typical) Startup current (typical) 12V (peak) Voltage tolerance (including noise) Operating temperature (Drive Case temperature) Nonoperating temperature (Ambient) Temperature gradient (max) Relative humidity Relative humidity gradient (max) Wet bulb temperature (max) Altitude, operating Altitude, nonoperating (below mean...
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..., some offline activity may increase acoustic and power to operational levels. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. You will display the warranty information for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web page: support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp From this page, click on operating environment and formatting. **During periods of... 350 Gs at 25°C, 50% rel. humidity Yes *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may occur according to hard drive capacity.
..., some offline activity may increase acoustic and power to operational levels. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. You will display the warranty information for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web page: support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp From this page, click on operating environment and formatting. **During periods of... 350 Gs at 25°C, 50% rel. humidity Yes *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may occur according to hard drive capacity.
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... 2.1 Formatted capacity Model ST32000542AS ST31500541AS ST31000520AS Formatted capacity* 2000GB 1500GB 1000GB Guaranteed sectors 3,907,029,168 2,930,277,168 1,953,525,168 Bytes per track 63 LBA mode When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to hard drive capacity. See Section ... defined above . Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. 2.1.1 LBA mode When addressing these drives in 341.5Gb/in2 5900 (+ 0.2%) 1285Mb/s 95MB/s 300MB/s 8 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev.
... 2.1 Formatted capacity Model ST32000542AS ST31500541AS ST31000520AS Formatted capacity* 2000GB 1500GB 1000GB Guaranteed sectors 3,907,029,168 2,930,277,168 1,953,525,168 Bytes per track 63 LBA mode When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to hard drive capacity. See Section ... defined above . Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. 2.1.1 LBA mode When addressing these drives in 341.5Gb/in2 5900 (+ 0.2%) 1285Mb/s 95MB/s 300MB/s 8 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev.
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2.4 Physical characteristics Maximum height Maximum width Maximum length Typical weight Cache buffer ST32000542AS and ST31500541AS 26.1mm / 1.028 in 101.85mm / 4.010 in 146.99mm / 5.787 in 655g / 1.444 lb 32MB / 32,768KB ST31000520AS 622g /1.371 lb 2.5 Access .... Typical access times (ms) Track-to -track access time is an average of all possible single-track seeks in the table below are measured using drive diagnostics. All times are defined as follows: • Track-to -track Average Read
2.4 Physical characteristics Maximum height Maximum width Maximum length Typical weight Cache buffer ST32000542AS and ST31500541AS 26.1mm / 1.028 in 101.85mm / 4.010 in 146.99mm / 5.787 in 655g / 1.444 lb 32MB / 32,768KB ST31000520AS 622g /1.371 lb 2.5 Access .... Typical access times (ms) Track-to -track access time is an average of all possible single-track seeks in the table below are measured using drive diagnostics. All times are defined as follows: • Track-to -track Average Read
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...each 10 reads) and 20 percent drive idle mode. • Idle mode power Idle mode power is measured with the drive up to speed, with servo electronics...and read /write mode (1 write for the drives are in the table on to the time that the drive spindle reaches operating speed. • Read/write...track location. • Standby mode During Standby mode, the drive accepts commands, but the drive is measured using 5.0V and 12.0V input voltage at 25...D Typical power measurements are based on an average of drives tested, under nominal conditions, using 40 percent random seeks, 40 percent read ...
...each 10 reads) and 20 percent drive idle mode. • Idle mode power Idle mode power is measured with the drive up to speed, with servo electronics...and read /write mode (1 write for the drives are in the table on to the time that the drive spindle reaches operating speed. • Read/write...track location. • Standby mode During Standby mode, the drive accepts commands, but the drive is measured using 5.0V and 12.0V input voltage at 25...D Typical power measurements are based on an average of drives tested, under nominal conditions, using 40 percent random seeks, 40 percent read ...
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Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Table 3: DC power requirements Power dissipation (2TB and 1.5TB models) Spinup Idle* † Operating (average) Standby Sleep Avg (watts 25... 0.335 0.225 0.225 Avg 12V typ amps 2.0 (peak) 0.216 0.350 0.096 0.096 *During periods of ~300mw can be achieved in Idle, Standby and Sleep modes. Drive supports PHY layer power management. specification, which may occur according to operational levels. †5W IDLE with DIPLM Enabled Note. When enabled, a power savings of...
Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Table 3: DC power requirements Power dissipation (2TB and 1.5TB models) Spinup Idle* † Operating (average) Standby Sleep Avg (watts 25... 0.335 0.225 0.225 Avg 12V typ amps 2.0 (peak) 0.216 0.350 0.096 0.096 *During periods of ~300mw can be achieved in Idle, Standby and Sleep modes. Drive supports PHY layer power management. specification, which may occur according to operational levels. †5W IDLE with DIPLM Enabled Note. When enabled, a power savings of...
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... 80-ohm resistive load on the +12V line or an equivalent 15-ohm resistive load on the +5V line. • Using 12-volt power, the drive is expected to operate with a maximum of 100 mV peak-to-peak square-wave injected noise at up to 10 MHz. • Using 5-volt power..., the drive is calculated by dividing the nominal voltage by the typical RMS read/write current. 2.7.3 Voltage tolerance Voltage tolerance (including noise): 5V +10% / -7.5% 12V +10% / -7.5% 12...
... 80-ohm resistive load on the +12V line or an equivalent 15-ohm resistive load on the +5V line. • Using 12-volt power, the drive is expected to operate with a maximum of 100 mV peak-to-peak square-wave injected noise at up to 10 MHz. • Using 5-volt power..., the drive is calculated by dividing the nominal voltage by the typical RMS read/write current. 2.7.3 Voltage tolerance Voltage tolerance (including noise): 5V +10% / -7.5% 12V +10% / -7.5% 12...
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... Sleep command from the host. The drive accepts all commands and returns to zero. The drive leaves Sleep mode after the drive has been inactive for a specifiable length of time. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. In Sleep mode, the drive buffer is disabled, the heads are ...any time disk access is necessary. 2.7.4 Power-management modes The drive provides programmable power management to Standby mode. In most systems, you can also enter Standby mode automatically after it receives a Hard Reset or Soft Reset from its specified delay times to Active mode...
... Sleep command from the host. The drive accepts all commands and returns to zero. The drive leaves Sleep mode after the drive has been inactive for a specifiable length of time. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. In Sleep mode, the drive buffer is disabled, the heads are ...any time disk access is necessary. 2.7.4 Power-management modes The drive provides programmable power management to Standby mode. In most systems, you can also enter Standby mode automatically after it receives a Hard Reset or Soft Reset from its specified delay times to Active mode...
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...2.8 Environmental specifications 2.8.1 Ambient temperature Ambient temperature is defined as the temperature of the environment immediately surrounding the drive. to 12,192 m (-200 ft. to 10,000+ ft.) -60.96 m to 40,000+ ft.) 14 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Operating: 0° to 60°C (32° to 140°F)...: 37.7°C (99.9°F max) 40°C (104°F max) 2.8.4 Altitude Operating: Nonoperating: -60.96 m to 3,048 m (-200 ft. Actual drive case temperature should not exceed 69°C (156°F) within the operating ambient conditions.
...2.8 Environmental specifications 2.8.1 Ambient temperature Ambient temperature is defined as the temperature of the environment immediately surrounding the drive. to 12,192 m (-200 ft. to 10,000+ ft.) -60.96 m to 40,000+ ft.) 14 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Operating: 0° to 60°C (32° to 140°F)...: 37.7°C (99.9°F max) 40°C (104°F max) 2.8.4 Altitude Operating: Nonoperating: -60.96 m to 3,048 m (-200 ft. Actual drive case temperature should not exceed 69°C (156°F) within the operating ambient conditions.
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...2.8.6 Vibration All vibration specifications assume that the drive may experience while meeting the performance standards specified in performance when subsequently put into operation are specified below. 5-350 Hz 350-500 Hz 5.0 Gs 2.0 Gs Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Vibration may ...be repeated more than two times per second. 2.8.5.2 Nonoperating shock The nonoperating shock level that the drive can experience without incurring physical damage or degradation in this...
...2.8.6 Vibration All vibration specifications assume that the drive may experience while meeting the performance standards specified in performance when subsequently put into operation are specified below. 5-350 Hz 350-500 Hz 5.0 Gs 2.0 Gs Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Vibration may ...be repeated more than two times per second. 2.8.5.2 Nonoperating shock The nonoperating shock level that the drive can experience without incurring physical damage or degradation in this...