Barracuda 7200.12 Product Overview
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... high performance. The Barracuda 7200.12 drive is available in environmentally friendly storage. And vertically stored data bits mean increased data density-which means higher performance to the end of Seagate Technology LLC in USA. Specifications Capacity Interface Cache (MB) Sustained Data Rate (MB/s) Spindle Speed (RPM) Shock, Operating: 2 ms (Gs) Shock, Nonoperating: 1 ms (Gs) Acoustics, Idle (bels) Acoustics, Seek (bels) 1 TB, 750 GB, 500 GB, 320 GB, 250 GB and 160 GB SATA...
... high performance. The Barracuda 7200.12 drive is available in environmentally friendly storage. And vertically stored data bits mean increased data density-which means higher performance to the end of Seagate Technology LLC in USA. Specifications Capacity Interface Cache (MB) Sustained Data Rate (MB/s) Spindle Speed (RPM) Shock, Operating: 2 ms (Gs) Shock, Nonoperating: 1 ms (Gs) Acoustics, Idle (bels) Acoustics, Seek (bels) 1 TB, 750 GB, 500 GB, 320 GB, 250 GB and 160 GB SATA...
Barracuda 7200.12 Data Sheet
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... 1 per Bits Read Annualized Failure Rate Power Management Startup Current +12V Peak (A, ±10%) Operating, Average (W) Idle, Average (W) Environmental Temperature (°C) Operating Nonoperating Shock (Gs) Operating: 2 ms Nonoperating: 1 ms Acoustics (bels - Barracuda® 7200.12 The industry's leading combination of capacity, performance and reliability Specifications 1 TB1 750 GB1 500 GB1 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 Bytes...
... 1 per Bits Read Annualized Failure Rate Power Management Startup Current +12V Peak (A, ±10%) Operating, Average (W) Idle, Average (W) Environmental Temperature (°C) Operating Nonoperating Shock (Gs) Operating: 2 ms Nonoperating: 1 ms Acoustics (bels - Barracuda® 7200.12 The industry's leading combination of capacity, performance and reliability Specifications 1 TB1 750 GB1 500 GB1 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 Bytes...
Drive Specification Guide
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.... they have the highest benchmark performance scores and the lowest power consumption. They are optimized for enterpriseoptimized solutions, considering total cost of having the breadth, experience and infrastructure derived from industryleading partnerships in conjunction with the Drive Selection Guide (MB538) to help you are purchasing a product that is optimized, tested, serviced and supported for a desktop drive, the Seagate Barracuda® products will exceed their unique...
.... they have the highest benchmark performance scores and the lowest power consumption. They are optimized for enterpriseoptimized solutions, considering total cost of having the breadth, experience and infrastructure derived from industryleading partnerships in conjunction with the Drive Selection Guide (MB538) to help you are purchasing a product that is optimized, tested, serviced and supported for a desktop drive, the Seagate Barracuda® products will exceed their unique...
Drive Specification Guide
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... one trillion bytes. Your computer's operating system may use a different standard of their respective owners. 7200-RPM Drive Specification Comparison Specifications Barracuda® 7200 Constellation™ Primary Applications Optimized for PC and personal external storage Optimized for 2.5-inch business server and external storage arrays Capacity (GB) 80, 160, 320, 500, 640, 750, 1000, 1603, 500 1500 Spin Speed (RPM) 7200 7200 SATA Interface (Gb/s) 1.5/3.0 1.5/3.0 SAS Interface (Gb/s) - 3.0/6.0 Rotational vibration (RV) (radians/s/s) 5.5 narrow...
... one trillion bytes. Your computer's operating system may use a different standard of their respective owners. 7200-RPM Drive Specification Comparison Specifications Barracuda® 7200 Constellation™ Primary Applications Optimized for PC and personal external storage Optimized for 2.5-inch business server and external storage arrays Capacity (GB) 80, 160, 320, 500, 640, 750, 1000, 1603, 500 1500 Spin Speed (RPM) 7200 7200 SATA Interface (Gb/s) 1.5/3.0 1.5/3.0 SAS Interface (Gb/s) - 3.0/6.0 Rotational vibration (RV) (radians/s/s) 5.5 narrow...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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... the Serial ATA interface 2 2.0 Drive specifications 3 2.1 Formatted capacity 10 2.1.1 LBA mode 10 2.2 Default logical geometry 10 2.3 Recording and interface technology 11 2.4 Physical characteristics 11 2.5 Seek time 12 2.6 Start/stop times 12 2.7 Power specifications 13 2.7.1 Power consumption 13 2.7.2 Conducted noise 14 2.7.3 Voltage tolerance 14 2.7.4 Power-management modes 14 2.8 Environmental specifications 15 2.8.1 Ambient temperature 15 2.8.2 Temperature gradient 15 2.8.3 Humidity 15 2.8.4 Altitude 15 2.8.5 Shock 16 2.8.6 Vibration 16 2.9 Acoustics 17 2.9.1 Test...
... the Serial ATA interface 2 2.0 Drive specifications 3 2.1 Formatted capacity 10 2.1.1 LBA mode 10 2.2 Default logical geometry 10 2.3 Recording and interface technology 11 2.4 Physical characteristics 11 2.5 Seek time 12 2.6 Start/stop times 12 2.7 Power specifications 13 2.7.1 Power consumption 13 2.7.2 Conducted noise 14 2.7.3 Voltage tolerance 14 2.7.4 Power-management modes 14 2.8 Environmental specifications 15 2.8.1 Ambient temperature 15 2.8.2 Temperature gradient 15 2.8.3 Humidity 15 2.8.4 Altitude 15 2.8.5 Shock 16 2.8.6 Vibration 16 2.9 Acoustics 17 2.9.1 Test...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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... manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate Barracuda® 7200.12 Serial ATA model drives: ST31000528AS ST3750528AS ST3500418AS ST3500410AS ST3320418AS ST3250318AS ST3160318AS These drives provide the following key features: • 7200 RPM spindle speed. • High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 300MB per second). • Perpendicular recording technology provides the drives with increased areal density. • State-of-the-art cache...
... manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate Barracuda® 7200.12 Serial ATA model drives: ST31000528AS ST3750528AS ST3500418AS ST3500410AS ST3320418AS ST3250318AS ST3160318AS These drives provide the following key features: • 7200 RPM spindle speed. • High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 300MB per second). • Perpendicular recording technology provides the drives with increased areal density. • State-of-the-art cache...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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... install a Serial ATA host adapter and Serial ATA disk drive in a point-to-point configuration with existing host systems and software. There is with true plug-and-play connectivity. Note. The Command and Control Block registers, PIO and DMA data transfers, resets, and interrupts are all of your existing applications to provide backward compatibility with the Serial ATA host adapter. In addition, Serial ATA makes the transition from www.sata-io.org. 2 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual...
... install a Serial ATA host adapter and Serial ATA disk drive in a point-to-point configuration with existing host systems and software. There is with true plug-and-play connectivity. Note. The Command and Control Block registers, PIO and DMA data transfers, resets, and interrupts are all of your existing applications to provide backward compatibility with the Serial ATA host adapter. In addition, Serial ATA makes the transition from www.sata-io.org. 2 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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... 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 Recording density (max) 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 to ready (max.) Standby to ready (max.) Track-to-track seek time (typical) Average seek, read (typical...
... 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 Recording density (max) 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 to ready (max.) Standby to ready (max.) Track-to-track seek time (typical) Average seek, read (typical...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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...500GB 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 Recording density (max.) 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 to ready (max) Standby to ready (max) Track-to-track seek time (typical) Average seek, read (typical...
...500GB 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 Recording density (max.) 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 to ready (max) Standby to ready (max) Track-to-track seek time (typical) Average seek, read (typical...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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... the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of drive idle, some offline activity may vary depending on the "Verify Your Warranty" link. The system will be asked 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 purchase. Drive specification Vibration, operating Vibration, non-operating Drive acoustics, sound power Idle** Seek Non-recoverable read errors Warranty...
... the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of drive idle, some offline activity may vary depending on the "Verify Your Warranty" link. The system will be asked 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 purchase. Drive specification Vibration, operating Vibration, non-operating Drive acoustics, sound power Idle** Seek Non-recoverable read errors Warranty...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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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 137GB. 2.2 Default logical geometry Cylinders 16,383 Read/write heads 16 Sectors per sector 512 *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. 2.1 Formatted capacity Model ST31000528AS ST3750528AS ST3500418AS ST3500410AS ST3320418AS ST3250318AS ST3160318AS Formatted capacity* 1000GB 750GB 500GB 320GB 250GB 160GB Guaranteed sectors 1,953,525,168 1,465,149...
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 137GB. 2.2 Default logical geometry Cylinders 16,383 Read/write heads 16 Sectors per sector 512 *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. 2.1 Formatted capacity Model ST31000528AS ST3750528AS ST3500418AS ST3500410AS ST3320418AS ST3250318AS ST3160318AS Formatted capacity* 1000GB 750GB 500GB 320GB 250GB 160GB Guaranteed sectors 1,953,525,168 1,465,149...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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..., the drive operates without errors or degradation in performance when subjected to compensate for measurement and identification of hearing. For seek mode tests, the drive is defined by the following table: Table 7: Radio frequency environments Test Electrostatic discharge Radiated RF immunity Electrical fast transient Surge immunity Conducted RF immunity Voltage dips, interrupts Description Contact, HCP, VCP: ± 4 kV; Seagate uses this process...
..., the drive operates without errors or degradation in performance when subjected to compensate for measurement and identification of hearing. For seek mode tests, the drive is defined by the following table: Table 7: Radio frequency environments Test Electrostatic discharge Radiated RF immunity Electrical fast transient Surge immunity Conducted RF immunity Voltage dips, interrupts Description Contact, HCP, VCP: ± 4 kV; Seagate uses this process...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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... the warranty information for operation inside a properly designed enclosure, with the directives. 2.11 Warranty To determine the warranty for their products. 18 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. Drives are defined by the product standards for Information Technology Equipment (ITE). Computer manufacturers and system integrators should confirm EMC compliance and provide CE marking for a specific drive, use a web browser to the levels specified by EN 55024. Testing...
... the warranty information for operation inside a properly designed enclosure, with the directives. 2.11 Warranty To determine the warranty for their products. 18 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. Drives are defined by the product standards for Information Technology Equipment (ITE). Computer manufacturers and system integrators should confirm EMC compliance and provide CE marking for a specific drive, use a web browser to the levels specified by EN 55024. Testing...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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... connect the drive and receive a "drive not detected" error, your SATAequipped motherboard or host adapter may be hot pluggable and blind mateable. G It is usually not necessary to ensure correct orientation. Attaching SATA cabling Each cable is considered a master in Figure 2. The cable size may use a chipset that enable the direct connection to -point relationship. Signal connector Power connector Signal cable Power cable Figure 2. Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA drives support latching SATA connectors. 22 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual...
... connect the drive and receive a "drive not detected" error, your SATAequipped motherboard or host adapter may be hot pluggable and blind mateable. G It is usually not necessary to ensure correct orientation. Attaching SATA cabling Each cable is considered a master in Figure 2. The cable size may use a chipset that enable the direct connection to -point relationship. Signal connector Power connector Signal cable Power cable Figure 2. Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA drives support latching SATA connectors. 22 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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... 10H F6H Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. See "S.M.A.R.T. Table 9: 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...
... 10H F6H Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. See "S.M.A.R.T. Table 9: 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...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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... xxxxH Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. See Section 2.0 on page 27. 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 set to end of string) (Bits 7-0) Maximum sectors per interrupt on Read multiple and Write multiple (16) Reserved Standard Standby timer, IORDY supported and may be disabled ATA-reserved PIO data-transfer cycle timing mode Retired...
... xxxxH Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. See Section 2.0 on page 27. 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 set to end of string) (Bits 7-0) Maximum sectors per interrupt on Read multiple and Write multiple (16) Reserved Standard Standby timer, IORDY supported and may be disabled ATA-reserved PIO data-transfer cycle timing mode Retired...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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..., and 88 of the Identify Drive data. NOTE: This field is valid if word 84, bit 8 is supported. 6 WRITE DMA FUA EXT and WRITE MULTIPLE FUA EXT commands are not supported Note. Bit Word 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. 5 GPL feature set is set to 1 indicating 64-bit...
..., and 88 of the Identify Drive data. NOTE: This field is valid if word 84, bit 8 is supported. 6 WRITE DMA FUA EXT and WRITE MULTIPLE FUA EXT commands are not supported Note. Bit Word 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. 5 GPL feature set is set to 1 indicating 64-bit...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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... list of drive products should contact their place of telephone numbers to technical support, presales and warranty service in USA/ Canada/Latin America, including business hours, go to the "Contact Us" page on www.seagate.com. 36 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. G Global Customer Support Presales, Technical, and Warranty Support Call Center Toll-free USA, Canada, and Mexico 1-800-SEAGATE Direct dial +1-405-324-4700 Data Recovery Services Call...
... list of drive products should contact their place of telephone numbers to technical support, presales and warranty service in USA/ Canada/Latin America, including business hours, go to the "Contact Us" page on www.seagate.com. 36 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. G Global Customer Support Presales, Technical, and Warranty Support Call Center Toll-free USA, Canada, and Mexico 1-800-SEAGATE Direct dial +1-405-324-4700 Data Recovery Services Call...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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... Average seek time 12 B buffer 11 C cables and connectors 22 cache 11 capacity 10 case temperature 15 CE mark 18 certification 18 Check Power Mode 27 China RoHS directive 20 compatibility 18 Conducted noise 14 Conducted RF immunity 17 Configuring the drive 21 connectors 22 Corrosive environment 20 CSA60950-1 18 Cylinders 10 D data-transfer rates 1 DC power 13 Default logical geometry 10 density 11 Device Configuration Freeze Lock 27 Device Configuration Identify 27 Device Configuration Restore 27 Device Configuration Set 27 Device Reset...
... Average seek time 12 B buffer 11 C cables and connectors 22 cache 11 capacity 10 case temperature 15 CE mark 18 certification 18 Check Power Mode 27 China RoHS directive 20 compatibility 18 Conducted noise 14 Conducted RF immunity 17 Configuring the drive 21 connectors 22 Corrosive environment 20 CSA60950-1 18 Cylinders 10 D data-transfer rates 1 DC power 13 Default logical geometry 10 density 11 Device Configuration Freeze Lock 27 Device Configuration Identify 27 Device Configuration Restore 27 Device Configuration Set 27 Device Reset...
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Read Data 28 S.M.A.R.T. G Enable/Disable Autosave 28 S.M.A.R.T. Read Log Sector 28 S.M.A.R.T. Enable Operations 28 S.M.A.R.T. Initialize Device Parameters 27 Input noise ripple 14 input voltage 13 interface 11, 25 interference 19 internal data-transfer rate OD 11 is 12 ISO document 7779 17 ITE 18 K KCC 19 Korean Communications Commission 19 Korean RRL 19 L latency 12 LBA mode 10 length 11 logical geometry 10 M master/slave 2 mounting 23 mounting screws 16 mounting the...
Read Data 28 S.M.A.R.T. G Enable/Disable Autosave 28 S.M.A.R.T. Read Log Sector 28 S.M.A.R.T. Enable Operations 28 S.M.A.R.T. Initialize Device Parameters 27 Input noise ripple 14 input voltage 13 interface 11, 25 interference 19 internal data-transfer rate OD 11 is 12 ISO document 7779 17 ITE 18 K KCC 19 Korean Communications Commission 19 Korean RRL 19 L latency 12 LBA mode 10 length 11 logical geometry 10 M master/slave 2 mounting 23 mounting screws 16 mounting the...
