Barracuda 7200.12 Product Overview
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... Choice The Barracuda 7200.12 drive delivers excellent power savings without notice, product offerings or specifications. Printed in environmentally friendly storage. When referring to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one...500 GB and 320 GB with 16-MB cache, and 250 GB and 160 GB with a very small eco-footprint. Your computer's operating system may use a different standard of their respective owners. This is used for workstations, desktop RAID, gaming PCs, high-end PCs, mainstream PCs and USB/ FireWire/eSATA external storage. With Seagate and the Barracuda...
... Choice The Barracuda 7200.12 drive delivers excellent power savings without notice, product offerings or specifications. Printed in environmentally friendly storage. When referring to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one...500 GB and 320 GB with 16-MB cache, and 250 GB and 160 GB with a very small eco-footprint. Your computer's operating system may use a different standard of their respective owners. This is used for workstations, desktop RAID, gaming PCs, high-end PCs, mainstream PCs and USB/ FireWire/eSATA external storage. With Seagate and the Barracuda...
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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... other in the Seagate Constellation® and Seagate Barracuda ES product families. This family of ownership, enterprise-class service and support, and Tier 2/nearline features, the answer is more information, see the Drive Selection Guide on application usage, technology requirements and drive design considerations. Marketing Bulletin 7200-RPM Drive Specification Comparison Selecting the right hard drive is best done...
... other in the Seagate Constellation® and Seagate Barracuda ES product families. This family of ownership, enterprise-class service and support, and Tier 2/nearline features, the answer is more information, see the Drive Selection Guide on application usage, technology requirements and drive design considerations. Marketing Bulletin 7200-RPM Drive Specification Comparison Selecting the right hard drive is best done...
Drive Specification Guide
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...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...© 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. Your computer's operating system may use a different standard of its affiliated companies in USA. When referring to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion...
...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...© 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. Your computer's operating system may use a different standard of its affiliated companies in USA. When referring to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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... on Tables 1 thru 3. Barracuda, SeaTools and SeaTDD are the property of their respective owners. Seagate reserves the right to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other countries. C Rev. Added "Warranty" specific section. All other countries...
... on Tables 1 thru 3. Barracuda, SeaTools and SeaTDD are the property of their respective owners. Seagate reserves the right to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other countries. C Rev. Added "Warranty" specific section. All other countries...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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... 3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors 22 3.4 Drive mounting 23 4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface 25 4.1 Hot-Plug compatibility 25 4.2 Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions 26 4.3 Supported ATA commands 27 4.3.1 Identify Device command 29 4.3.2 Set Features command 33 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands 34 5.0 Seagate Technology support services 35 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev...
... 3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors 22 3.4 Drive mounting 23 4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface 25 4.1 Hot-Plug compatibility 25 4.2 Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions 26 4.3 Supported ATA commands 27 4.3.1 Identify Device command 29 4.3.2 Set Features command 33 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands 34 5.0 Seagate Technology support services 35 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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....12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. 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 (up to...
....12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. 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 (up to...
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In addition, Serial ATA makes the transition from www.sata-io.org. 2 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. The Serial ATA interface connects each disk drive in your existing applications to as a Device 0 (master) and Device 1 (slave) accessed at the same set any jumpers... to allow you to set of emulating parallel ATA device behavior to the "Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 3.0". The specification can be downloaded from parallel ATA easy by providing legacy software support. The Command and Control Block registers, PIO and DMA data ...
In addition, Serial ATA makes the transition from www.sata-io.org. 2 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. The Serial ATA interface connects each disk drive in your existing applications to as a Device 0 (master) and Device 1 (slave) accessed at the same set any jumpers... to allow you to set of emulating parallel ATA device behavior to the "Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 3.0". The specification can be downloaded from parallel ATA easy by providing legacy software support. The Command and Control Block registers, PIO and DMA data ...
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... 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 tables The specifications listed in the following tables are measured under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power. Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product...
... 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 tables The specifications listed in the following tables are measured under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power. Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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... 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) ...
... 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) ...
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... To determine the warranty for your drive. 50,000 at 25°C, 50% rel. 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...drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to operational levels. Accessible capacity may increase acoustic and power to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which 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. Barracuda...
... To determine the warranty for your drive. 50,000 at 25°C, 50% rel. 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...drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to operational levels. Accessible capacity may increase acoustic and power to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which 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. Barracuda...
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Table 2: Drive specifications 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.) ... 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...
Table 2: Drive specifications 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.) ... 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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... acoustic and power to hard drive capacity. 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. The system will be asked to provide the drive serial number, model...
... acoustic and power to hard drive capacity. 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. The system will be asked to provide the drive serial number, model...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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Table 3: Drive specifications 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.) ...
Table 3: Drive specifications 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.) ...
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... vary depending on the "Verify Your Warranty" link. specification, which may occur according 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. The system will be asked to hard drive capacity.
... vary depending on the "Verify Your Warranty" link. specification, which may occur according 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. The system will be asked to hard drive capacity.
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... designed to meet the seek times represented 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 (typ / max sec) 1000 and 750GB models Physical seeks, regardless of mode (such ...as follows: • Track-to-track seek time is an average of all possible single-track seeks in the table below are measured using drive diagnostics. However...
... designed to meet the seek times represented 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 (typ / max sec) 1000 and 750GB models Physical seeks, regardless of mode (such ...as follows: • Track-to-track seek time is an average of all possible single-track seeks in the table below are measured using drive diagnostics. However...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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... DC power (+5V or +12V) through a native SATA power connector. specification, which may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. Typical power measurements are based on an average of drives tested, under nominal conditions, using 5.0V and 12.0V input voltage at 25°C ambient temperature. • ...Spinup power Spinup power is measured from the time of drive idle, some offline activity may increase acoustic and power to speed, with servo electronics active and with DIPLM Enabled Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. See Figure 2 on page 9. Table...
... DC power (+5V or +12V) through a native SATA power connector. specification, which may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. Typical power measurements are based on an average of drives tested, under nominal conditions, using 5.0V and 12.0V input voltage at 25°C ambient temperature. • ...Spinup power Spinup power is measured from the time of drive idle, some offline activity may increase acoustic and power to speed, with servo electronics active and with DIPLM Enabled Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. See Figure 2 on page 9. Table...
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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 (-1000 ft. Actual drive case temperature should not exceed 69°C (156°F) within the operating ambient conditions. to 10,000+ ft.) -304.8 m to 40,000+ ft.) Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual...
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 (-1000 ft. Actual drive case temperature should not exceed 69°C (156°F) within the operating ambient conditions. to 10,000+ ft.) -304.8 m to 40,000+ ft.) Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual...
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...pulse of 2 ms duration. 500, 320, 250 and 160GB models The non-operating shock level that the drive can experience without incurring physical.... G 2.8.5 Shock All shock specifications assume that the drive is mounted securely with the input shock applied at the drive mounting screws. Shock may experience ...drive may be applied in the X, Y or Z axis. 2.8.6.1 Operating vibration The maximum vibration levels that the drive may experience while meeting the performance standards specified in this document when subjected to 500Hz 3.0 Gs (Limited displacement) 3.0 Gs 3.0 Gs 16 Barracuda...
...pulse of 2 ms duration. 500, 320, 250 and 160GB models The non-operating shock level that the drive can experience without incurring physical.... G 2.8.5 Shock All shock specifications assume that the drive is mounted securely with the input shock applied at the drive mounting screws. Shock may experience ...drive may be applied in the X, Y or Z axis. 2.8.6.1 Operating vibration The maximum vibration levels that the drive may experience while meeting the performance standards specified in this document when subjected to 500Hz 3.0 Gs (Limited displacement) 3.0 Gs 3.0 Gs 16 Barracuda...
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..., 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; specification, which may increase acoustic and power to operational levels. 2.9.1 Test for Prominent Discrete Tones (PDTs) Seagate follows...
..., 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; specification, which may increase acoustic and power to operational levels. 2.9.1 Test for Prominent Discrete Tones (PDTs) Seagate follows...