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... 7200-RPM performance platform complements high capacity, delivering a powerful combination of extreme storage and top-end desktop performance. • A 64-MB cache optimizes burst performance and reduces data throughput bottlenecks. • The SATA 6Gb/s interface enables the use of the industry's newest and fastest hard drive controllers while providing backward compatibility to legacy SATA 1.5Gb/s or 3Gb/s systems. • Configurable with Seagate® SeaTools™ software-Users can optimize the drive configuration and...
... 7200-RPM performance platform complements high capacity, delivering a powerful combination of extreme storage and top-end desktop performance. • A 64-MB cache optimizes burst performance and reduces data throughput bottlenecks. • The SATA 6Gb/s interface enables the use of the industry's newest and fastest hard drive controllers while providing backward compatibility to legacy SATA 1.5Gb/s or 3Gb/s systems. • Configurable with Seagate® SeaTools™ software-Users can optimize the drive configuration and...
Barracuda® XT Product Overview
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... trademarks are registered trademarks of their respective owners. Unlike other countries. Compatibility Barracuda XT hard drives feature the industry's newest high-speed SATA interface-SATA 6Gb/s. No longer do power users need for space and speed. Specifications Capacity Interface Sustained Data Rate (MB/s) Cache (MB) Spindle Speed (RPM) Acoustics, Idle (bels) Acoustics, Seek (bels) 2 TB SATA 6Gb/s NCQ, SATA 3Gb/s NCQ, SATA 1.5Gb/s NCQ Up to increase capacity and dependability by storing data bits vertically rather than horizontally. All...
... trademarks are registered trademarks of their respective owners. Unlike other countries. Compatibility Barracuda XT hard drives feature the industry's newest high-speed SATA interface-SATA 6Gb/s. No longer do power users need for space and speed. Specifications Capacity Interface Sustained Data Rate (MB/s) Cache (MB) Spindle Speed (RPM) Acoustics, Idle (bels) Acoustics, Seek (bels) 2 TB SATA 6Gb/s NCQ, SATA 3Gb/s NCQ, SATA 1.5Gb/s NCQ Up to increase capacity and dependability by storing data bits vertically rather than horizontally. All...
Barracuda® XT Data Sheet
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...-MB cache optimizes burst performance and reduces data throughput bottlenecks. • The SATA 6Gb/s interface enables the use of the industry's newest and fastest hard drive controllers while providing backward compatibility to legacy SATA 1.5Gb/s or 3Gb/s systems. • Configurable with Seagate® SeaTools™ software-Users can optimize the drive configuration and tune for capacity or performance for the ultimate in customer choice and control. or eSATA-enabled external storage devices Data Sheet Barracuda® XT No...
...-MB cache optimizes burst performance and reduces data throughput bottlenecks. • The SATA 6Gb/s interface enables the use of the industry's newest and fastest hard drive controllers while providing backward compatibility to legacy SATA 1.5Gb/s or 3Gb/s systems. • Configurable with Seagate® SeaTools™ software-Users can optimize the drive configuration and tune for capacity or performance for the ultimate in customer choice and control. or eSATA-enabled external storage devices Data Sheet Barracuda® XT No...
Barracuda® XT Data Sheet
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Speed and capacity for formatting and other countries. Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are for data storage. In addition, some of Seagate Technology LLC in USA. www.seagate.com 1-800-SEAGATE (1-800-732-4283) Specifications Model Number Interface Options Performance Transfer Rate, Max Ext (MB/s) Sustained Data Rate OD (MB/s) Cache (MB) Average Latency (ms) Spindle Speed (RPM) Configuration/Organization Heads/Disks Bytes per Sector Reliability/Data Integrity Load/Unload Cycles Nonrecoverable Read Errors per 10E14 0.34% 750...
Speed and capacity for formatting and other countries. Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are for data storage. In addition, some of Seagate Technology LLC in USA. www.seagate.com 1-800-SEAGATE (1-800-732-4283) Specifications Model Number Interface Options Performance Transfer Rate, Max Ext (MB/s) Sustained Data Rate OD (MB/s) Cache (MB) Average Latency (ms) Spindle Speed (RPM) Configuration/Organization Heads/Disks Bytes per Sector Reliability/Data Integrity Load/Unload Cycles Nonrecoverable Read Errors per 10E14 0.34% 750...
Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual
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...commands 28 5.0 Seagate Technology support services 29 Barracuda XT 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 5 2.1.1 LBA mode 5 2.2 Default logical geometry 5 2.3 Recording and interface technology 5 2.4 Physical characteristics 6 2.5 Start/stop times 6 2.6 Power specifications 7 2.6.1 Power consumption 7 2.6.2 Conducted noise 9 2.6.3 Voltage tolerance 9 2.6.4 Power management modes 9 2.7 Environmental specifications 10 2.7.1 Ambient temperature 10 2.7.2 Temperature...
...commands 28 5.0 Seagate Technology support services 29 Barracuda XT 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 5 2.1.1 LBA mode 5 2.2 Default logical geometry 5 2.3 Recording and interface technology 5 2.4 Physical characteristics 6 2.5 Start/stop times 6 2.6 Power specifications 7 2.6.1 Power consumption 7 2.6.2 Conducted noise 9 2.6.3 Voltage tolerance 9 2.6.4 Power management modes 9 2.7 Environmental specifications 10 2.7.1 Ambient temperature 10 2.7.2 Temperature...
Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual
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C 1 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate Barracuda® XT model drives: ST32000641AS These drives provide the following key features: • The SATA 6Gb/s interface enables the use of the industry's newest and fastest hard drive controllers while providing backward compatibility to legacy SATA 1.5Gb/s or 3Gb/s systems. • 7,200 RPM spindle speed. • High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 600MB per second). • Perpendicular recording...
C 1 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate Barracuda® XT model drives: ST32000641AS These drives provide the following key features: • The SATA 6Gb/s interface enables the use of the industry's newest and fastest hard drive controllers while providing backward compatibility to legacy SATA 1.5Gb/s or 3Gb/s systems. • 7,200 RPM spindle speed. • High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 600MB per second). • Perpendicular recording...
Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual
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... addition, Serial ATA makes the transition from www.sata-io.org. 2 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Note. The Serial ATA host adapter contains a set of installation. • Scalability to work as a Device 0 (master) and Device 1 (slave) accessed at the same set of registers that emulates a master/slave environment manages two sets of your current system and expect all emulated. The primary advantages include: • Easy installation and configuration with the Serial ATA host adapter. The Serial ATA interface connects each disk drive in your...
... addition, Serial ATA makes the transition from www.sata-io.org. 2 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Note. The Serial ATA host adapter contains a set of installation. • Scalability to work as a Device 0 (master) and Device 1 (slave) accessed at the same set of registers that emulates a master/slave environment manages two sets of your current system and expect all emulated. The primary advantages include: • Easy installation and configuration with the Serial ATA host adapter. The Serial ATA interface connects each disk drive in your...
Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual
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... Default read/write heads Default cylinders Recording density Track density(avg) Areal density (avg) Spindle speed Internal data transfer rate (max) Sustained data transfer rate OD(max) I/O data-transfer rate (max) ATA data-transfer modes supported Cache buffer Height (max) Width (max) Length (max) Weight (typical) Average latency Power-on specification measurement or definition, see the appropriate section of this manual to 6 64MB 26.1mm / 1.028 in 101.85mm / 4.010 in 146.99mm / 5.787 in 700g / 1.543 lb 4.16ms 15s 15s 2.8A Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual...
... Default read/write heads Default cylinders Recording density Track density(avg) Areal density (avg) Spindle speed Internal data transfer rate (max) Sustained data transfer rate OD(max) I/O data-transfer rate (max) ATA data-transfer modes supported Cache buffer Height (max) Width (max) Length (max) Weight (typical) Average latency Power-on specification measurement or definition, see the appropriate section of this manual to 6 64MB 26.1mm / 1.028 in 101.85mm / 4.010 in 146.99mm / 5.787 in 700g / 1.543 lb 4.16ms 15s 15s 2.8A Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual...
Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual
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... 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 drive idle, some offline activity may increase acoustic and power to provide the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of purchase. The system will be asked to operational levels. 4 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C Drive specification Voltage tolerance (including noise) Operating temperature (Drive Case temperature) Nonoperating temperature (Ambient) Temperature gradient (max...
... 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 drive idle, some offline activity may increase acoustic and power to provide the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of purchase. The system will be asked to operational levels. 4 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C Drive specification Voltage tolerance (including noise) Operating temperature (Drive Case temperature) Nonoperating temperature (Ambient) Temperature gradient (max...
Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual
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... geometry Cylinders 16,383 Read/write heads 16 Sectors per sector 512 *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. See Section 4.3.1, "Identify Device command" (words 60-61 and 100-103) for additional information about 48-bit addressing support of guaranteed sectors as defined above . Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. 2.1.1 LBA mode When addressing these drives in 347Gb/in2 7200 + 0.2% 1300Mb/s 138MB/s 600MB/s Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual...
... geometry Cylinders 16,383 Read/write heads 16 Sectors per sector 512 *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. See Section 4.3.1, "Identify Device command" (words 60-61 and 100-103) for additional information about 48-bit addressing support of guaranteed sectors as defined above . Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. 2.1.1 LBA mode When addressing these drives in 347Gb/in2 7200 + 0.2% 1300Mb/s 138MB/s 600MB/s Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual...
Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual
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... of time. Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. The drive features the following power management modes: Power modes Active Idle Standby Sleep Heads Tracking Tracking Parked Parked Spindle Rotating Rotating Stopped Stopped Buffer Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled • Active mode The drive is in active mode during the read/write and seek operations. • Idle mode The buffer remains enabled, and the drive accepts all commands and returns to active mode any time disk access is necessary. • Sleep mode The drive enters sleep mode after receiving a sleep command...
... of time. Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. The drive features the following power management modes: Power modes Active Idle Standby Sleep Heads Tracking Tracking Parked Parked Spindle Rotating Rotating Stopped Stopped Buffer Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled • Active mode The drive is in active mode during the read/write and seek operations. • Idle mode The buffer remains enabled, and the drive accepts all commands and returns to active mode any time disk access is necessary. • Sleep mode The drive enters sleep mode after receiving a sleep command...
Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual
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... sine 0% open, 5 seconds 0% short, 5 seconds 40%, 0.10 seconds 70%, 0.01 seconds Performance level B A B B A C C C B Reference standard EN61000-4-2: 95 EN61000-4-3: 96 ENV 50204: 95 EN61000-4-4: 95 EN61000-4-5: 95 EN61000-4-6: 97 EN61000-4-11: 94 12 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. For all tests, the drive is the use of the absolute threshold of drive idle, some offline activity may increase acoustic and power to...
... sine 0% open, 5 seconds 0% short, 5 seconds 40%, 0.10 seconds 70%, 0.01 seconds Performance level B A B B A C C C B Reference standard EN61000-4-2: 95 EN61000-4-3: 96 ENV 50204: 95 EN61000-4-4: 95 EN61000-4-5: 95 EN61000-4-6: 97 EN61000-4-11: 94 12 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. For all tests, the drive is the use of the absolute threshold of drive idle, some offline activity may increase acoustic and power to...
Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual
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Drives are tested in enclosures as an external device). Refer to publication number 004-000-00345-4. 14 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C Operation with noncertified assemblies is likely to result in strict accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, may find helpful the following corrective measures: • Reorient the receiving antenna. • Move the device to one or more of the following booklet prepared by the...
Drives are tested in enclosures as an external device). Refer to publication number 004-000-00345-4. 14 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C Operation with noncertified assemblies is likely to result in strict accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, may find helpful the following corrective measures: • Reorient the receiving antenna. • Move the device to one or more of the following booklet prepared by the...
Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual
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... Table 5 for easy installation. For direct backplane connection, the drive connectors are designed for connector pin definitions. Signal connector Power connector Signal cable Power cable Figure 1. Barracuda XT drives support latching SATA connectors. If two drives are Device 0 (master) devices. Both drives behave as if they are attached on one meter (39.37 inches). 3.2 Configuring the drive Each drive on the Serial ATA interface connects point-to-point with a maximum length of one Serial ATA host adapter, the host operating system views the two...
... Table 5 for easy installation. For direct backplane connection, the drive connectors are designed for connector pin definitions. Signal connector Power connector Signal cable Power cable Figure 1. Barracuda XT drives support latching SATA connectors. If two drives are Device 0 (master) devices. Both drives behave as if they are attached on one meter (39.37 inches). 3.2 Configuring the drive Each drive on the Serial ATA interface connects point-to-point with a maximum length of one Serial ATA host adapter, the host operating system views the two...
Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual
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...Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 21 See "S.M.A.R.T. For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to the Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 2.6 (http://www.sata-io.org). Table 6: 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...
...Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 21 See "S.M.A.R.T. For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to the Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 2.6 (http://www.sata-io.org). Table 6: 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...
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... should be set to zero. C 23 4.3.1 Identify Device command The Identify Device command (command code ECH) transfers information about the drive to the host following commands contain drive-specific features that may not be disabled ATA-reserved PIO data-transfer cycle timing mode Retired Words 54-58, 64-70 and 88 are valid Number of current logical cylinders Number of current logical heads Number of current logical sectors per interrupt on Read multiple and Write multiple (16...
... should be set to zero. C 23 4.3.1 Identify Device command The Identify Device command (command code ECH) transfers information about the drive to the host following commands contain drive-specific features that may not be disabled ATA-reserved PIO data-transfer cycle timing mode Retired Words 54-58, 64-70 and 88 are valid Number of current logical cylinders Number of current logical heads Number of current logical sectors per interrupt on Read multiple and Write multiple (16...
Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual
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... 84 0 SMART error login is supported. 1 SMART self-test is supported. 2 Media serial number is supported. 3 Media Card Pass Through Command feature set is supported. 4 Streaming feature set is supported. 6 WRITE DMA FUA EXT and WRITE MULTIPLE FUA EXT commands are not supported Note. Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. See the bit descriptions below for the drive. Advanced Power Management (APM) and Automatic Acoustic Management (AAM) features are supported. 7 WRITE DMA QUEUED FUA EXT command is supported. 8 64...
... 84 0 SMART error login is supported. 1 SMART self-test is supported. 2 Media serial number is supported. 3 Media Card Pass Through Command feature set is supported. 4 Streaming feature set is supported. 6 WRITE DMA FUA EXT and WRITE MULTIPLE FUA EXT commands are not supported Note. Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. See the bit descriptions below for the drive. Advanced Power Management (APM) and Automatic Acoustic Management (AAM) features are supported. 7 WRITE DMA QUEUED FUA EXT command is supported. 8 64...
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... world. Resellers or end users of drive products should contact their place of purchase or Seagate warranty service for the return of telephone numbers to technical support, presales and warranty service in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, go to the "Contact Us" page on a global basis for assistance. Our data recovery services labs are available on www.seagate.com. 30 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Seagate distributors, OEMs and...
... world. Resellers or end users of drive products should contact their place of purchase or Seagate warranty service for the return of telephone numbers to technical support, presales and warranty service in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, go to the "Contact Us" page on a global basis for assistance. Our data recovery services labs are available on www.seagate.com. 30 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Seagate distributors, OEMs and...
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... 1 Flush Cache 21 Flush Cache Extended 21 Format Track 21 formatted capacity 5 G geometry 5 Gs (acceleration of gravity) 11 guaranteed sectors 5 H handling precautions 16 heads 5 height 6 humidity 10 I I/O data-transfer rate 5 Identify Device 21 Identify Device command 23 Idle 21 idle (DC power) 7 Idle Immediate 21 idle mode 7, 9 Information Technology Equipment (ITE) 13 Initialize Device Parameters 21 input noise ripple 9 input voltage 7 interface 5, 19 interference 14 internal data-transfer rate OD 5 ISO document 7779 12 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev.
... 1 Flush Cache 21 Flush Cache Extended 21 Format Track 21 formatted capacity 5 G geometry 5 Gs (acceleration of gravity) 11 guaranteed sectors 5 H handling precautions 16 heads 5 height 6 humidity 10 I I/O data-transfer rate 5 Identify Device 21 Identify Device command 23 Idle 21 idle (DC power) 7 Idle Immediate 21 idle mode 7, 9 Information Technology Equipment (ITE) 13 Initialize Device Parameters 21 input noise ripple 9 input voltage 7 interface 5, 19 interference 14 internal data-transfer rate OD 5 ISO document 7779 12 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev.
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... Operations 22 S.M.A.R.T. implementation 21 S.M.A.R.T. Enable/Disable Autosave 22 S.M.A.R.T. Write Log sector 22 safety certification 13 SATA ports 2 sectors 5 sectors per track 5 Security Disable Password 21 Security Erase Prepare 22 Security Erase Unit 22 Security Freeze 22 Security Set Password 22 Security Unlock 22 Seek 22 seek mode 7 seek time 6 Serial ATA (SATA) interface 19 servo electronics 7 Set Features 22 Set Max Address 22 Set Max Address Extended 22 Set Multiple Mode 22 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Read Log Sector 22 S.M.A.R.T. C Enable Operations...
... Operations 22 S.M.A.R.T. implementation 21 S.M.A.R.T. Enable/Disable Autosave 22 S.M.A.R.T. Write Log sector 22 safety certification 13 SATA ports 2 sectors 5 sectors per track 5 Security Disable Password 21 Security Erase Prepare 22 Security Erase Unit 22 Security Freeze 22 Security Set Password 22 Security Unlock 22 Seek 22 seek mode 7 seek time 6 Serial ATA (SATA) interface 19 servo electronics 7 Set Features 22 Set Max Address 22 Set Max Address Extended 22 Set Multiple Mode 22 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Read Log Sector 22 S.M.A.R.T. C Enable Operations...
