Barracuda 7200.12 Product Overview
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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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... Seagate Advantage By now the world knows that has been strengthened and refined over 12 generations. The Barracuda 7200.12 drive is now a proven technology. 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 3Gb/s NCQ 32 MB (1 TB...
... Seagate Advantage By now the world knows that has been strengthened and refined over 12 generations. The Barracuda 7200.12 drive is now a proven technology. 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 3Gb/s NCQ 32 MB (1 TB...
Barracuda 7200.12 Data Sheet
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... 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 • Gamer PCs • High-end PCs • Mainstream PCs • USB/FireWire/eSATA personal external storage Up to build the drive is recycled. - Data Sheet Barracuda® 7200.12 The...
... 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 • Gamer PCs • High-end PCs • Mainstream PCs • USB/FireWire/eSATA personal external storage Up to build the drive is recycled. - Data Sheet Barracuda® 7200.12 The...
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/Organization Bytes per Sector Reliability/Data Integrity Contact Start-Stops Nonrecoverable Read Errors per 10E14 0.34% 2.0 sound 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...
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 per Sector Reliability/Data Integrity Contact Start-Stops Nonrecoverable Read Errors per 10E14 0.34% 2.0 sound 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...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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...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... 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...
...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... 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...
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Figure 4. Figure 3. G iii 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. Figure 2. List of Figures Figure 1.
Figure 4. Figure 3. G iii 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. Figure 2. List of Figures Figure 1.
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Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. G 1 drive monitoring and reporting. • Supports latching SATA cables and connectors. • Worldwide Name (WWN) capability uniquely identifies the drive. 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...
Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. G 1 drive monitoring and reporting. • Supports latching SATA cables and connectors. • Worldwide Name (WWN) capability uniquely identifies the drive. 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...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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... PIO and DMA data transfers, resets, and interrupts are represented to higher performance levels. The Serial ATA interface connects each disk drive in your current system and expect all emulated. Note. 1.1 About the Serial ATA interface The Serial ATA interface provides several advantages ...There is no master/slave relationship with true plug-and-play connectivity. In addition, Serial ATA makes the transition from www.sata-io.org. 2 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. For additional information about how Serial ATA emulates parallel ATA, refer to work as if ...
... PIO and DMA data transfers, resets, and interrupts are represented to higher performance levels. The Serial ATA interface connects each disk drive in your current system and expect all emulated. Note. 1.1 About the Serial ATA interface The Serial ATA interface provides several advantages ...There is no master/slave relationship with true plug-and-play connectivity. In addition, Serial ATA makes the transition from www.sata-io.org. 2 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. For additional information about how Serial ATA emulates parallel ATA, refer to work as if ...
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G 3 For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual. Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. 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...
G 3 For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual. Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. 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...
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 ...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 ...(below mean sea level, 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...
... summary for 1000 and 750GB models Drive specification Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors ...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 ...(below mean sea level, 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...
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..." link. specification, which may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. G 5 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 ST31000528AS ST3750528AS 2Hz to 22Hz: 0.25 Gs, Limited displacement...
..." link. specification, which may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. G 5 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 ST31000528AS ST3750528AS 2Hz to 22Hz: 0.25 Gs, Limited displacement...
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... summary for 500GB models Drive specification Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors Heads ...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... 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 19...
... summary for 500GB models Drive specification Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors Heads ...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... 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 19...
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...Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. humidity Yes *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring 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 access the following web page: support.seagate...vary depending on the "Verify Your Warranty" link. The system will be asked 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...
...Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. humidity Yes *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring 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 access the following web page: support.seagate...vary depending on the "Verify Your Warranty" link. The system will be asked 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...
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... summary for 250GB models Drive specification Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors ... Internal data transfer rate (max.) Sustained data transfer rate OD (max.) I/O data-transfer rate ATA data-transfer modes supported Cache buffer Height (max.) Width (max.) Length (max.) Weight (typical) Average latency Power-on to ready (max.) Standby...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....
... summary for 250GB models Drive specification Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors ... Internal data transfer rate (max.) Sustained data transfer rate OD (max.) I/O data-transfer rate ATA data-transfer modes supported Cache buffer Height (max.) Width (max.) Length (max.) Weight (typical) Average latency Power-on to ready (max.) Standby...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....
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... 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. Accessible capacity may vary depending on the "Verify Your Warranty" link. Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA... Product Manual, Rev. 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 ...
... 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. Accessible capacity may vary depending on the "Verify Your Warranty" link. Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA... Product Manual, Rev. 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 ...
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...ST31000528AS ST3750528AS ST3500418AS ST3500410AS ST3320418AS ST3250318AS ST3160318AS Formatted capacity* 1000GB 750GB 500GB 320GB 250GB 160GB Guaranteed sectors 1,953,525,168 1,465,149,168 976,773,168 625,142,448 488,397,168 312,581,808 Bytes per track 63 LBA mode When addressing these drives... in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to hard drive capacity....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...
...ST31000528AS ST3750528AS ST3500418AS ST3500410AS ST3320418AS ST3250318AS ST3160318AS Formatted capacity* 1000GB 750GB 500GB 320GB 250GB 160GB Guaranteed sectors 1,953,525,168 1,465,149,168 976,773,168 625,142,448 488,397,168 312,581,808 Bytes per track 63 LBA mode When addressing these drives... in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to hard drive capacity....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...
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...(RPM) Internal data transfer rate (Mbits/sec max) Sustained data transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) I/O data-transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) Serial ATA (SATA) Perpendicular 1413 236 329 7,200 ± 0.2% 1695 125 300 2.4 Physical characteristics Maximum height 1000 and 750GB models 500, 320, 250 and 160GB models ...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 ...
...(RPM) Internal data transfer rate (Mbits/sec max) Sustained data transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) I/O data-transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) Serial ATA (SATA) Perpendicular 1413 236 329 7,200 ± 0.2% 1695 125 300 2.4 Physical characteristics Maximum height 1000 and 750GB models 500, 320, 250 and 160GB models ...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 ...
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These drives are designed to consistently meet the noted values. The specifications in the table below are defined...750GB models Physical seeks, regardless of mode (such as follows: • Track-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... with nominal power at least 5,000 measurements of at 25°C ambient temperature. All times are measured using drive diagnostics. However, due to the manner in this manual.
These drives are designed to consistently meet the noted values. The specifications in the table below are defined...750GB models Physical seeks, regardless of mode (such as follows: • Track-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... with nominal power at least 5,000 measurements of at 25°C ambient temperature. All times are measured using drive diagnostics. However, due to the manner in this manual.
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... Enabled Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ...drive idle mode. • Idle mode power Idle mode power is measured with the drive... up to the S.M.A.R.T. Typical power measurements are listed in power-down mode. G 13 See Figure 2 on a 16-sector write followed by a 32-ms delay, then a 16-sector read followed by a 32...drives 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...drive...drive accepts commands, but the drive is not...
... Enabled Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ...drive idle mode. • Idle mode power Idle mode power is measured with the drive... up to the S.M.A.R.T. Typical power measurements are listed in power-down mode. G 13 See Figure 2 on a 16-sector write followed by a 32-ms delay, then a 16-sector read followed by a 32...drives 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...drive...drive accepts commands, but the drive is not...
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... operate with all commands and returns to Active mode any time disk access is necessary. • Sleep mode The drive enters Sleep mode after it receives a Hard Reset or Soft Reset from the host. 2.7.2 Conducted noise Input noise ripple is measured at the host system power ... to provide greater energy efficiency. If the standby timer reaches zero before any time disk access is necessary. 14 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. G Note. The drive leaves Sleep mode after receiving a Sleep command from its specified delay times to Active mode when disk access is ...
... operate with all commands and returns to Active mode any time disk access is necessary. • Sleep mode The drive enters Sleep mode after it receives a Hard Reset or Soft Reset from the host. 2.7.2 Conducted noise Input noise ripple is measured at the host system power ... to provide greater energy efficiency. If the standby timer reaches zero before any time disk access is necessary. 14 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. G Note. The drive leaves Sleep mode after receiving a Sleep command from its specified delay times to Active mode when disk access is ...