Barracuda 7200.12 Product Overview
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...rather than horizontally. Seagate hard drives have the best of both worlds-top hard-drive performance and the satisfaction of knowing they are the property of reliable service and high performance. Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or ... requirements. In addition, some of 1 TB and 750 GB with 32-MB cache, 500 GB and 320 GB with 16-MB cache, and 250 GB and 160 GB with low power consumption. With Seagate and the Barracuda 7200.12 drive, our customers can have long been produced with the environment...
...rather than horizontally. Seagate hard drives have the best of both worlds-top hard-drive performance and the satisfaction of knowing they are the property of reliable service and high performance. Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or ... requirements. In addition, some of 1 TB and 750 GB with 32-MB cache, 500 GB and 320 GB with 16-MB cache, and 250 GB and 160 GB with low power consumption. With Seagate and the Barracuda 7200.12 drive, our customers can have long been produced with the environment...
Barracuda 7200.12 Data Sheet
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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 Speed (RPM) Configuration/...
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/...
Drive Specification Guide
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... 70/300 0 to 70/-40 to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one of its affiliated companies in USA. Barracuda, Constellation, PowerTrim, SoftSonic and SV35 Series are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or one trillion bytes. Your...capacity is used for data storage. Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other functions, and thus will not be available for formatting and other countries. In addition,...
... 70/300 0 to 70/-40 to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one of its affiliated companies in USA. Barracuda, Constellation, PowerTrim, SoftSonic and SV35 Series are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or one trillion bytes. Your...capacity is used for data storage. Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other functions, and thus will not be available for formatting and other countries. In addition,...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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...Barracuda, SeaTools and SeaTDD are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or one trillion bytes. All rights reserved. In addition, some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other trademarks or registered trademarks are registered trademarks of their respective owners. Updated drive... standard of its affiliated companies in the United States and/or other countries. B Rev. Seagate reserves the right to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one of measurement and report...
...Barracuda, SeaTools and SeaTDD are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or one trillion bytes. All rights reserved. In addition, some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other trademarks or registered trademarks are registered trademarks of their respective owners. Updated drive... standard of its affiliated companies in the United States and/or other countries. B Rev. Seagate reserves the right to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one of measurement and report...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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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 ...) Directive 20 2.14 Corrosive environment 20 3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive 21 3.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions 21 3.2 Configuring the drive 22 3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors 22 3.4 Drive mounting 23 4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface 25 4.1 Hot-Plug ...
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 ...) Directive 20 2.14 Corrosive environment 20 3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive 21 3.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions 21 3.2 Configuring the drive 22 3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors 22 3.4 Drive mounting 23 4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface 25 4.1 Hot-Plug ...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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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) Track ...
... 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) Track ...
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...Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. specification, which may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. The system will be asked to provide the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of drive idle, some offline activity may increase acoustic and power to hard drive capacity. G 5 Drive... 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 purchase.
...Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. specification, which may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. The system will be asked to provide the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of drive idle, some offline activity may increase acoustic and power to hard drive capacity. G 5 Drive... 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 purchase.
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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 (max.) Track ... Relative humidity gradient (max) Wet bulb temperature (max) Altitude, 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...
... 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 (max.) Track ... Relative humidity gradient (max) Wet bulb temperature (max) Altitude, 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...
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...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 ...Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. G 7 humidity Yes *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Drive specification Vibration, operating Vibration, non-operating Drive acoustics, sound power Idle** Seek Non-recoverable read errors Warranty Contact start-stop cycles Supports Hotplug operation per the Serial ATA Revision 2.5 specification ST3500418AS...
...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 ...Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. G 7 humidity Yes *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Drive specification Vibration, operating Vibration, non-operating Drive acoustics, sound power Idle** Seek Non-recoverable read errors Warranty Contact start-stop cycles Supports Hotplug operation per the Serial ATA Revision 2.5 specification ST3500418AS...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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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.) Track ...
... 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.) Track ...
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... page: support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp From this page, click on operating environment and formatting. **During periods of purchase. Accessible capacity may vary depending on the "Verify Your Warranty" link. specification, which may occur according to operational levels. You will display the warranty information for a specific drive, use a web browser to hard drive capacity.
... page: support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp From this page, click on operating environment and formatting. **During periods of purchase. Accessible capacity may vary depending on the "Verify Your Warranty" link. specification, which may occur according to operational levels. You will display the warranty information for a specific drive, use a web browser to hard drive capacity.
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... 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 n-1, where n is the number of guaranteed sectors as defined above . 10 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. 2.1 Formatted capacity Model ST31000528AS ST3750528AS ST3500418AS...
... 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 n-1, where n is the number of guaranteed sectors as defined above . 10 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. 2.1 Formatted capacity Model ST31000528AS ST3750528AS ST3500418AS...
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These drives are designed to consistently meet the noted values. Physical seeks, regardless of mode (such as follows: • Track-to ...-to-track and average), are expected to -track seek time is an average of all possible single-track seeks in which these drives are formatted, benchmark tests that include command overhead or measure logical seeks may produce results that vary from these specifications. 2.6 Start/stop times ... are taken with nominal power at least 5,000 measurements of seeks between random tracks, less overhead. All times are measured using drive diagnostics.
These drives are designed to consistently meet the noted values. Physical seeks, regardless of mode (such as follows: • Track-to ...-to-track and average), are expected to -track seek time is an average of all possible single-track seeks in which these drives are formatted, benchmark tests that include command overhead or measure logical seeks may produce results that vary from these specifications. 2.6 Start/stop times ... are taken with nominal power at least 5,000 measurements of seeks between random tracks, less overhead. All times are measured using drive diagnostics.
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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4.3 Supported ATA commands The following table lists Serial ATA standard commands that the drive supports. For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to the Serial... E4H C8H 25H C9H 2FH C4H 29H F8H 27H 20H 24H 21H 40H 42H 41H 10H F6H Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. Table 9: Supported ATA commands Command name Check Power ... 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 ...
4.3 Supported ATA commands The following table lists Serial ATA standard commands that the drive supports. For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to the Serial... E4H C8H 25H C9H 2FH C4H 29H F8H 27H 20H 24H 21H 40H 42H 41H 10H F6H Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. Table 9: Supported ATA commands Command name Check Power ... 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 ...
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... is available at http://services.seagate.com/index.aspx. See www.seagate.com for all formats and all brands of storage media.... Resellers or end users of drive products should contact their place of purchase or Seagate warranty service for the return of...seagate.com. 36 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. Customer Service Operations Warranty Service Seagate offers worldwide customer support for warrantyrelated issues. Seagate distributors, OEMs and other direct customers should contact their Seagate Customer Service Operations (CSO) representative for Seagate...
... is available at http://services.seagate.com/index.aspx. See www.seagate.com for all formats and all brands of storage media.... Resellers or end users of drive products should contact their place of purchase or Seagate warranty service for the return of...seagate.com. 36 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. Customer Service Operations Warranty Service Seagate offers worldwide customer support for warrantyrelated issues. Seagate distributors, OEMs and other direct customers should contact their Seagate Customer Service Operations (CSO) representative for Seagate...
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...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...27 Formatted capacity 10 G geometry 10 Gs 16 guaranteed sectors 10 H Handling precautions 21 heads 10 height 11 humidity 15 I I/O data-transfer rate 11 Identify Device 27 Identify Device command 29 Idle 14, 27 Idle Immediate 27 Idle mode 13, 14 Information Technology Equipment (ITE) 18 Barracuda 7200...
...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...27 Formatted capacity 10 G geometry 10 Gs 16 guaranteed sectors 10 H Handling precautions 21 heads 10 height 11 humidity 15 I I/O data-transfer rate 11 Identify Device 27 Identify Device command 29 Idle 14, 27 Idle Immediate 27 Idle mode 13, 14 Information Technology Equipment (ITE) 18 Barracuda 7200...