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... Overview Barracuda® 7200.12 The industry's leading combination of capacity, performance and reliability Key Features and Benefits • Sustainable technology for a green world: - Typically 70 percent or more of the materials used to build the drive is ...hard drive • Ships with the most reliable and proven perpendicular magnetic recording technology • Delivers high performance: - 125-MB/s maximum sustained data rate - Up to 3-Gb/s instantaneous burst - 32-MB cache on 1-TB and 750-GB drives, 16-MB cache on 500-GB and 320-GB drives, 8-MB cache on 250-GB and 160-GB drives...
... Overview Barracuda® 7200.12 The industry's leading combination of capacity, performance and reliability Key Features and Benefits • Sustainable technology for a green world: - Typically 70 percent or more of the materials used to build the drive is ...hard drive • Ships with the most reliable and proven perpendicular magnetic recording technology • Delivers high performance: - 125-MB/s maximum sustained data rate - Up to 3-Gb/s instantaneous burst - 32-MB cache on 1-TB and 750-GB drives, 16-MB cache on 500-GB and 320-GB drives, 8-MB cache on 250-GB and 160-GB drives...
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...GB, 500 GB, 320 GB, 250 GB and 160 GB SATA 3Gb/s NCQ 32 MB (1 TB, 750 GB) 16 MB (500 and 320 GB) 8 MB (250 and 160 GB) Up to 125 7200 70 300 (1 TB) 2.5 (1 TB) 2.7 (1 TB) Additional Features • Best-in environmentally friendly storage. Seagate hard drives have the best of both worlds-top hard-drive...bits vertically rather than horizontally. Barracuda® 7200.12 The industry's leading combination of capacity, performance and reliability To Learn More: Perpendicular Recording The Barracuda 7200.12 drive uses fourth-generation Seagate perpendicular magnetic recording technology to ...
...GB, 500 GB, 320 GB, 250 GB and 160 GB SATA 3Gb/s NCQ 32 MB (1 TB, 750 GB) 16 MB (500 and 320 GB) 8 MB (250 and 160 GB) Up to 125 7200 70 300 (1 TB) 2.5 (1 TB) 2.7 (1 TB) Additional Features • Best-in environmentally friendly storage. Seagate hard drives have the best of both worlds-top hard-drive...bits vertically rather than horizontally. Barracuda® 7200.12 The industry's leading combination of capacity, performance and reliability To Learn More: Perpendicular Recording The Barracuda 7200.12 drive uses fourth-generation Seagate perpendicular magnetic recording technology to ...
Barracuda 7200.12 Data Sheet
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... Typically 70 percent or more of the materials used to 3-Gb/s instantaneous burst - 32-MB cache on 1-TB and 750-GB drives, 16-MB cache on 500-GB and 320-GB drives, 8-MB cache on 250-GB and 160-GB drives Best-Fit Applications • Workstations • Desktop RAID ... world's most popular desktop hard drive • Ships with NCQ Key Advantages • Sustainable technology for a green world: - Data Sheet Barracuda® 7200.12 The industry's leading combination of capacity, performance and reliability 1 TB, 750 GB, 500 GB, 320 GB, 250 GB, 160 GB • 7200 RPM • SATA 3Gb...
... Typically 70 percent or more of the materials used to 3-Gb/s instantaneous burst - 32-MB cache on 1-TB and 750-GB drives, 16-MB cache on 500-GB and 320-GB drives, 8-MB cache on 250-GB and 160-GB drives Best-Fit Applications • Workstations • Desktop RAID ... world's most popular desktop hard drive • Ships with NCQ Key Advantages • Sustainable technology for a green world: - Data Sheet Barracuda® 7200.12 The industry's leading combination of capacity, performance and reliability 1 TB, 750 GB, 500 GB, 320 GB, 250 GB, 160 GB • 7200 RPM • SATA 3Gb...
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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... power) Idle Seek Physical Height (in/mm) Width (in/mm) Depth (in/mm) Weight (lb/kg) ST31000528AS SATA 3Gb/s NCQ 300 125 32 4.17 7200 512 50,000 1 per Bits Read Annualized Failure Rate Power Management Startup Current +12V Peak (A, ±10%) Operating, Average (W) Idle, Average (W) Environmental Temperature ...
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... power) Idle Seek Physical Height (in/mm) Width (in/mm) Depth (in/mm) Weight (lb/kg) ST31000528AS SATA 3Gb/s NCQ 300 125 32 4.17 7200 512 50,000 1 per Bits Read Annualized Failure Rate Power Management Startup Current +12V Peak (A, ±10%) Operating, Average (W) Idle, Average (W) Environmental Temperature ...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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G i commands 34 5.0 Seagate Technology support services 35 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA 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 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...
G i commands 34 5.0 Seagate Technology support services 35 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA 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 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...
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Serial ATA connectors 22 Attaching SATA cabling 22 Mounting dimensions (1000 and 750GB models 23 Mounting dimensions (500, 320, 250 and 160GB models 24 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. G iii Figure 3. Figure 2. Figure 4. List of Figures Figure 1.
Serial ATA connectors 22 Attaching SATA cabling 22 Mounting dimensions (1000 and 750GB models 23 Mounting dimensions (500, 320, 250 and 160GB models 24 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. G iii Figure 3. Figure 2. Figure 4. List of Figures Figure 1.
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... and connectors. • Worldwide Name (WWN) capability uniquely identifies the drive. G 1 1.0 Introduction This 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...
... and connectors. • Worldwide Name (WWN) capability uniquely identifies the drive. G 1 1.0 Introduction This 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...
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...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, Rev. If two drives are represented to set of emulating parallel ATA device behavior to the "Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 3.0"....configuration with existing host systems and software. Note. This is with true plug-and-play connectivity. The Serial ATA host adapter and drive share the function of host bus addresses. It is no master/slave relationship with Serial ATA devices like Device 0 devices. The host...
...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, Rev. If two drives are represented to set of emulating parallel ATA device behavior to the "Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 3.0"....configuration with existing host systems and software. Note. This is with true plug-and-play connectivity. The Serial ATA host adapter and drive share the function of host bus addresses. It is no master/slave relationship with Serial ATA devices like Device 0 devices. The host...
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..., all specifications are for quick reference. Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual. For details on specification measurement or definition, see the appropriate section of this manual to indicate the following drive models: ST31000528AS ST3750528AS ST3500418AS ST3500410AS ST3320418AS ST3250318AS ST3160318AS Specification summary...
..., all specifications are for quick reference. Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual. For details on specification measurement or definition, see the appropriate section of this manual to indicate the following drive models: ST31000528AS ST3750528AS ST3500418AS ST3500410AS ST3320418AS ST3250318AS ST3160318AS Specification summary...
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... summary for 1000 and 750GB 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) Operational Shock (max) Non-Operational Shock (max) ST31000528AS 1000GB 1,953,525,168 4 2 512 63 16 16,383 1413kb/in 236 ktracks/in 329Gb/in2 7200 RPM 1695Mb/s 125MB/s 300MB/s PIO modes: 0 to 4 Multiword DMA modes: 0 to 2 Ultra DMA modes: 0 to 6 32MB 26.1mm / 1.028 in 101.6mm /4.0 in (+ 0.010 in...
... summary for 1000 and 750GB 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) Operational Shock (max) Non-Operational Shock (max) ST31000528AS 1000GB 1,953,525,168 4 2 512 63 16 16,383 1413kb/in 236 ktracks/in 329Gb/in2 7200 RPM 1695Mb/s 125MB/s 300MB/s PIO modes: 0 to 4 Multiword DMA modes: 0 to 2 Ultra DMA modes: 0 to 6 32MB 26.1mm / 1.028 in 101.6mm /4.0 in (+ 0.010 in...
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Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. Accessible capacity may vary depending on the "Verify Your Warranty" link. G 5 You will display the warranty information for a specific drive, use a web browser to hard drive capacity. humidity Yes *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to access the following web page: support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp From...
Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. Accessible capacity may vary depending on the "Verify Your Warranty" link. G 5 You will display the warranty information for a specific drive, use a web browser to hard drive capacity. humidity Yes *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to access the following web page: support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp From...
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... summary for 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 (..., operating Altitude, non-operating (below mean sea level, max) Operational Shock (max) Non-Operational Shock (max) ST3500418AS and ST3500410AS 500GB 976.773,168 2 1 512 63 16 16,383 1413kb/in 236 ktracks/in 329Gb/in2 7200 RPM 1695Mb/s 125MB/s 300MB/s PIO modes: 0 to 4 Multiword DMA modes: 0 to 2 Ultra DMA modes: 0 to 6 16MB...
... summary for 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 (..., operating Altitude, non-operating (below mean sea level, max) Operational Shock (max) Non-Operational Shock (max) ST3500418AS and ST3500410AS 500GB 976.773,168 2 1 512 63 16 16,383 1413kb/in 236 ktracks/in 329Gb/in2 7200 RPM 1695Mb/s 125MB/s 300MB/s PIO modes: 0 to 4 Multiword DMA modes: 0 to 2 Ultra DMA modes: 0 to 6 16MB...
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...for a specific drive, use a web browser to hard drive capacity. G 7 Accessible capacity may vary depending on the "Verify Your Warranty" link. humidity Yes *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring 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. specification, which may occur according to operational levels. Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. The system will be asked to provide the drive ...
...for a specific drive, use a web browser to hard drive capacity. G 7 Accessible capacity may vary depending on the "Verify Your Warranty" link. humidity Yes *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring 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. specification, which may occur according to operational levels. Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. The system will be asked to provide the drive ...
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... summary for 250GB 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.) Operational Shock (max.) Non-Operational Shock (max.) ST3250318AS 250GB 488,397,168 1 1 512 63 16 16,383 1413kb/in 236 ktracks/in 329Gb/in2 7200 RPM 1695Mb/s 125MB/s 300MB/s PIO modes: 0 to 4 Multiword DMA modes: 0 to 2 Ultra DMA modes: 0 to 6 8MB 19.98mm / 0.787 in 101.6mm / 4.0 in ( + 0.010 in...
... summary for 250GB 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.) Operational Shock (max.) Non-Operational Shock (max.) ST3250318AS 250GB 488,397,168 1 1 512 63 16 16,383 1413kb/in 236 ktracks/in 329Gb/in2 7200 RPM 1695Mb/s 125MB/s 300MB/s PIO modes: 0 to 4 Multiword DMA modes: 0 to 2 Ultra DMA modes: 0 to 6 8MB 19.98mm / 0.787 in 101.6mm / 4.0 in ( + 0.010 in...
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... following web page: support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp From this page, click on operating environment and formatting. **During periods of purchase. G 9 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. The system will be asked to provide the drive serial number, model number ...To determine the warranty for your drive. 50,000 at 25°C, 50% rel. Accessible capacity may vary depending on the "Verify Your Warranty" link. You will display the warranty information for a specific drive, use a web browser to hard drive capacity. specification, which may ...
... following web page: support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp From this page, click on operating environment and formatting. **During periods of purchase. G 9 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. The system will be asked to provide the drive serial number, model number ...To determine the warranty for your drive. 50,000 at 25°C, 50% rel. Accessible capacity may vary depending on the "Verify Your Warranty" link. You will display the warranty information for a specific drive, use a web browser to hard drive capacity. specification, which may ...
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...hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. 2.1.1 LBA mode When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to n-1, where n is the number of guaranteed sectors as defined above . 2.1 Formatted capacity Model ST31000528AS ST3750528AS ST3500418AS...LBA mode When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to n-1, where n is the number of guaranteed sectors as defined above . 10 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, ...
...hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. 2.1.1 LBA mode When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to n-1, where n is the number of guaranteed sectors as defined above . 2.1 Formatted capacity Model ST31000528AS ST3750528AS ST3500418AS...LBA mode When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to n-1, where n is the number of guaranteed sectors as defined above . 10 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, ...
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... 1695 125 300 2.4 Physical characteristics Maximum height 1000 and 750GB models 500, 320, 250 and 160GB models Maximum width Maximum length Typical weight 1000 and 750GB models 500, 320, 250 and 160GB models Cache buffer 1000 and 750GB models 500 and 320GB models 250 and 160GB models 26.1mm / 1.028 in ...19.98mm / 0.787 in 101.6mm / 4.000 (+ 0.010 in) 146.99mm / 5.787 in 622g / 1.371 lb 415g / 0.915 lb 32MB (32,768kb) 16MB (16,384kb) 8MB (8,192kb) Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev...
... 1695 125 300 2.4 Physical characteristics Maximum height 1000 and 750GB models 500, 320, 250 and 160GB models Maximum width Maximum length Typical weight 1000 and 750GB models 500, 320, 250 and 160GB models Cache buffer 1000 and 750GB models 500 and 320GB models 250 and 160GB models 26.1mm / 1.028 in ...19.98mm / 0.787 in 101.6mm / 4.000 (+ 0.010 in) 146.99mm / 5.787 in 622g / 1.371 lb 415g / 0.915 lb 32MB (32,768kb) 16MB (16,384kb) 8MB (8,192kb) Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev...
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...-track seeks in both directions. • Average seek time is a true statistical random average of at 25°C ambient temperature. These drives are designed to the manner in this manual. The specifications in the table below are defined as track-to-track and average), are formatted..., benchmark tests that include command overhead or measure logical seeks may produce results that vary from these drives are expected to meet the seek times represented in which these specifications. 2.6 Start/stop times Power-on to Ready (typ / max sec...
...-track seeks in both directions. • Average seek time is a true statistical random average of at 25°C ambient temperature. These drives are designed to the manner in this manual. The specifications in the table below are defined as track-to-track and average), are formatted..., benchmark tests that include command overhead or measure logical seeks may produce results that vary from these drives are expected to meet the seek times represented in which these specifications. 2.6 Start/stop times Power-on to Ready (typ / max sec...
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... temperature. • Spinup power Spinup power is measured from the time of drive idle, some offline activity may increase acoustic and power to operational levels. †5W IDLE with DIPLM Enabled Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. Table 4: DC power requirements Power dissipation (2-... † 4.60 0.378 0.224 Idle* † (with the heads in a random track location. • Standby mode During Standby mode, the drive accepts commands, but the drive is measured with the heads on track, based on page 9. specification, which may occur according to the time that the...
... temperature. • Spinup power Spinup power is measured from the time of drive idle, some offline activity may increase acoustic and power to operational levels. †5W IDLE with DIPLM Enabled Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. Table 4: DC power requirements Power dissipation (2-... † 4.60 0.378 0.224 Idle* † (with the heads in a random track location. • Standby mode During Standby mode, the drive accepts commands, but the drive is measured with the heads on track, based on page 9. specification, which may occur according to the time that the...
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...): 5V +10% / -7.5% 12V +10% / -7.5% 2.7.4 Power-management modes The drive provides programmable power management to Standby mode. In Sleep mode, the drive buffer is disabled, the heads are parked and the spindle is necessary. 14 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. In both Idle and Standby mode, the... drive accepts all commands and returns to Active mode when disk access is at rest. In most systems, you can also enter Standby mode automatically after it receives a Hard Reset or...
...): 5V +10% / -7.5% 12V +10% / -7.5% 2.7.4 Power-management modes The drive provides programmable power management to Standby mode. In Sleep mode, the drive buffer is disabled, the heads are parked and the spindle is necessary. 14 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. In both Idle and Standby mode, the... drive accepts all commands and returns to Active mode when disk access is at rest. In most systems, you can also enter Standby mode automatically after it receives a Hard Reset or...