Barracuda® XT Product Overview
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or eSATA-enabled external storage devices Product Overview Barracuda® XT No compromise. Speed and capacity for high-performance desktop systems Key Features and Benefits • A massive 2-TB drive capacity provides plenty of room for downloading today's space-hungry PC games or up to 45 ... the use of the industry's newest and fastest hard drive controllers while providing backward compatibility to legacy SATA 1.5Gb/s or 3Gb/s systems. • Configurable with Seagate® SeaTools™ software-Users can optimize the drive configuration and tune for capacity or performance for the...
or eSATA-enabled external storage devices Product Overview Barracuda® XT No compromise. Speed and capacity for high-performance desktop systems Key Features and Benefits • A massive 2-TB drive capacity provides plenty of room for downloading today's space-hungry PC games or up to 45 ... the use of the industry's newest and fastest hard drive controllers while providing backward compatibility to legacy SATA 1.5Gb/s or 3Gb/s systems. • Configurable with Seagate® SeaTools™ software-Users can optimize the drive configuration and tune for capacity or performance for the...
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... or more powerful computing systems to Grow! Seagate reserves the right to increase capacity and dependability by storing data bits vertically rather than horizontally. the Barracuda XT drive has it comes to deliver leading-edge products that run at 5400- Business sustainability to choosing capacity or speed; Compatibility Barracuda XT hard drives feature the industry's newest high-speed...
... or more powerful computing systems to Grow! Seagate reserves the right to increase capacity and dependability by storing data bits vertically rather than horizontally. the Barracuda XT drive has it comes to deliver leading-edge products that run at 5400- Business sustainability to choosing capacity or speed; Compatibility Barracuda XT hard drives feature the industry's newest high-speed...
Barracuda® XT Data Sheet
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Data Sheet Barracuda® XT No compromise. Speed and capacity for high-performance desktop systems 2 TB • 64-MB cache • SATA 6Gb/s Key Advantages • A massive 2-TB drive capacity provides plenty of room for downloading today's space-hungry PC games or up to 45 hours ...enables the use of the industry's newest and fastest hard drive controllers while providing backward compatibility to legacy SATA 1.5Gb/s or 3Gb/s systems. • Configurable with Seagate® SeaTools™ software-Users can optimize the drive configuration and tune for capacity or performance for the...
Data Sheet Barracuda® XT No compromise. Speed and capacity for high-performance desktop systems 2 TB • 64-MB cache • SATA 6Gb/s Key Advantages • A massive 2-TB drive capacity provides plenty of room for downloading today's space-hungry PC games or up to 45 hours ...enables the use of the industry's newest and fastest hard drive controllers while providing backward compatibility to legacy SATA 1.5Gb/s or 3Gb/s systems. • Configurable with Seagate® SeaTools™ software-Users can optimize the drive configuration and tune for capacity or performance for the...
Barracuda® XT Data Sheet
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... in the Barracuda family, offering maximum capacity, maximum cache and maximum SATA performance for the ultimate in the United States and/or other functions, and thus will not be available for illustrative purposes. Printed in /mm) Weight (lb/kg) 2 TB1 ST32000641AS SATA 6Gb/s...upgrade path to a host of new SATA 6Gb/s motherboards and hard drive controllers. • Backed by the Seagate 5-Year Limited Warranty and boasting a massive 2 TB of storage capacity, you can rest easy knowing your Barracuda XT hard drive will vary based on various factors, including file size, file format...
... in the Barracuda family, offering maximum capacity, maximum cache and maximum SATA performance for the ultimate in the United States and/or other functions, and thus will not be available for illustrative purposes. Printed in /mm) Weight (lb/kg) 2 TB1 ST32000641AS SATA 6Gb/s...upgrade path to a host of new SATA 6Gb/s motherboards and hard drive controllers. • Backed by the Seagate 5-Year Limited Warranty and boasting a massive 2 TB of storage capacity, you can rest easy knowing your Barracuda XT hard drive will vary based on various factors, including file size, file format...
Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual
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Product Manual Barracuda XT Series SATA ST32000641AS 100586689 Rev. C January 2010
Product Manual Barracuda XT Series SATA ST32000641AS 100586689 Rev. C January 2010
Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual
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commands 28 5.0 Seagate Technology support services 29 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C i Contents 1.0 Introduction 1 1.1 About the Serial ATA interface 2 2.0 Drive specifications 3 2.1 Formatted capacity 5 2.1.1 LBA mode 5 2.2 Default logical geometry 5 2.3 Recording and interface technology 5 2.4 Physical characteristics 6 2.5 Start/stop times 6 2.6 Power specifications 7 2.6.1 Power consumption 7 2.6.2 Conducted noise 9 2.6.3 Voltage tolerance 9 2.6.4 ...
commands 28 5.0 Seagate Technology support services 29 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C i Contents 1.0 Introduction 1 1.1 About the Serial ATA interface 2 2.0 Drive specifications 3 2.1 Formatted capacity 5 2.1.1 LBA mode 5 2.2 Default logical geometry 5 2.3 Recording and interface technology 5 2.4 Physical characteristics 6 2.5 Start/stop times 6 2.6 Power specifications 7 2.6.1 Power consumption 7 2.6.2 Conducted noise 9 2.6.3 Voltage tolerance 9 2.6.4 ...
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Mounting dimensions (2000GB model 18 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Attaching SATA cabling 17 Figure 2. List of Figures Figure 1. C iii
Mounting dimensions (2000GB model 18 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Attaching SATA cabling 17 Figure 2. List of Figures Figure 1. C iii
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..., Rev. C 1 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate Barracuda® XT model drives: ST32000641AS These drives provide the following key features: • The SATA 6Gb/s interface enables the use of the industry's newest and fastest hard drive controllers while providing backward compatibility to legacy SATA 1.5Gb/s or 3Gb/s systems. • 7,200...
..., Rev. C 1 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate Barracuda® XT model drives: ST32000641AS These drives provide the following key features: • The SATA 6Gb/s interface enables the use of the industry's newest and fastest hard drive controllers while providing backward compatibility to legacy SATA 1.5Gb/s or 3Gb/s systems. • 7,200...
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..., Serial ATA makes the transition from www.sata-io.org. 2 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. There is no master/slave relationship with parallel ATA. Note. The Serial ATA host adapter and drive share the function of shadow registers. A host adapter that shadow the... registers, PIO and DMA data transfers, resets, and interrupts are Device 0 (master) devices. The Serial ATA interface connects each disk drive in your existing applications to the "Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 2.6". 1.1 About the Serial ATA interface The Serial ATA ...
..., Serial ATA makes the transition from www.sata-io.org. 2 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. There is no master/slave relationship with parallel ATA. Note. The Serial ATA host adapter and drive share the function of shadow registers. A host adapter that shadow the... registers, PIO and DMA data transfers, resets, and interrupts are Device 0 (master) devices. The Serial ATA interface connects each disk drive in your existing applications to the "Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 2.6". 1.1 About the Serial ATA interface The Serial ATA ...
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... under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power. C 3 Table 1: Drive specifications summary for quick reference. For details on to ready (typical) Standby to ready (typical) Startup current (typical) 12V (peak) ST32000641AS 2000GB 3,907,029,168 8 4 512 63 16 16,383 1421 kb/in ... RPM 1300Mb/s 138MB/s 600MB/s PIO modes: 0 to 4 Multiword DMA modes: 0 to 2 Ultra DMA modes 0 to indicate the following drive models: ST32000641AS The specification summaries listed in 700g / 1.543 lb 4.16ms 15s 15s 2.8A Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. For convenience, the phrases the...
... under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power. C 3 Table 1: Drive specifications summary for quick reference. For details on to ready (typical) Standby to ready (typical) Startup current (typical) 12V (peak) ST32000641AS 2000GB 3,907,029,168 8 4 512 63 16 16,383 1421 kb/in ... RPM 1300Mb/s 138MB/s 600MB/s PIO modes: 0 to 4 Multiword DMA modes: 0 to 2 Ultra DMA modes 0 to indicate the following drive models: ST32000641AS The specification summaries listed in 700g / 1.543 lb 4.16ms 15s 15s 2.8A Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. For convenience, the phrases the...
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..." 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, ... drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of drive idle, some offline activity may increase acoustic and power to operational levels. 4 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C You will display the warranty information for a specific drive, use a web browser to hard drive capacity...
..." 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, ... drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of drive idle, some offline activity may increase acoustic and power to operational levels. 4 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C You will display the warranty information for a specific drive, use a web browser to hard drive capacity...
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...mode When addressing these drives in 347Gb/in2 7200 + 0.2% 1300Mb/s 138MB/s 600MB/s Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. See Section 4.3.1, "Identify Device command" (words 60-61 and 100-103) for additional information about 48-bit addressing support of drives with capacities over ...512 *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. 2.1 Formatted capacity Model ST32000641AS Formatted capacity* 2000GB Guaranteed sectors 3,907,029,168 Bytes per track 63 LBA mode When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively ...
...mode When addressing these drives in 347Gb/in2 7200 + 0.2% 1300Mb/s 138MB/s 600MB/s Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. See Section 4.3.1, "Identify Device command" (words 60-61 and 100-103) for additional information about 48-bit addressing support of drives with capacities over ...512 *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. 2.1 Formatted capacity Model ST32000641AS Formatted capacity* 2000GB Guaranteed sectors 3,907,029,168 Bytes per track 63 LBA mode When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively ...
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C Ready to spindle stop times Power-on to ready (s) max. Standby to ready (s) max. 2.4 Physical characteristics Maximum height Maximum width Maximum length Typical weight Cache buffer ST32000641AS 26.1mm / 1.028 in 101.85mm / 4.010 in 146.99mm / 5.787 in 700g / 1.543 lb 64MB (64,768kb) 2.5 Start/stop (s) max. 2000GB model 15.0 15.0 20.0 6 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev.
C Ready to spindle stop times Power-on to ready (s) max. Standby to ready (s) max. 2.4 Physical characteristics Maximum height Maximum width Maximum length Typical weight Cache buffer ST32000641AS 26.1mm / 1.028 in 101.85mm / 4.010 in 146.99mm / 5.787 in 700g / 1.543 lb 64MB (64,768kb) 2.5 Start/stop (s) max. 2000GB model 15.0 15.0 20.0 6 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev.
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...be achieved in the table on page 9. When enabled, a power savings of drive idle, some offline activity may increase acoustic and power to speed, with servo electronics active and with DIPLM Enabled Note. Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. See Figure 1 on page 17. 2.6.1 Power ...consumption Power requirements for each 10 reads) and 20 percent drive idle mode. • Idle mode power Idle mode power is measured...
...be achieved in the table on page 9. When enabled, a power savings of drive idle, some offline activity may increase acoustic and power to speed, with servo electronics active and with DIPLM Enabled Note. Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. See Figure 1 on page 17. 2.6.1 Power ...consumption Power requirements for each 10 reads) and 20 percent drive idle mode. • Idle mode power Idle mode power is measured...
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2.6.1.1 Typical current profiles Note. C Typical 5V startup and operation current profile Note. Typical 12V startup and operation current profile 8 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev.
2.6.1.1 Typical current profiles Note. C Typical 5V startup and operation current profile Note. Typical 12V startup and operation current profile 8 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev.
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... the read/write and seek operations. • Idle mode The buffer remains enabled, and the drive accepts all commands and returns to active mode when disk access is necessary. Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. The standby timer delay is calculated by dividing the nominal voltage... all commands and returns to active mode any drive activity is expected to standby mode. Equivalent resistance is established using a standby or idle command. In most systems, you can also enter standby mode automatically after it receives a hard reset or soft reset from its specified delay...
... the read/write and seek operations. • Idle mode The buffer remains enabled, and the drive accepts all commands and returns to active mode when disk access is necessary. Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. The standby timer delay is calculated by dividing the nominal voltage... all commands and returns to active mode any drive activity is expected to standby mode. Equivalent resistance is established using a standby or idle command. In most systems, you can also enter standby mode automatically after it receives a hard reset or soft reset from its specified delay...
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C Actual drive case temperature should not exceed 69°C (156°F) within the operating ambient conditions. Operating: 0° to 60°C (32° to 140°F) Nonoperating: * -...) 2.7.4 Altitude Operating: Nonoperating: -60.96m to 3,048m (-200 ft to 10,000+ ft) -60.96m to 12,192m (-200 ft to 40,000+ ft) 10 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. 2.7 Environmental specifications 2.7.1 Ambient temperature Ambient temperature is defined as the temperature of the environment immediately surrounding the...
C Actual drive case temperature should not exceed 69°C (156°F) within the operating ambient conditions. Operating: 0° to 60°C (32° to 140°F) Nonoperating: * -...) 2.7.4 Altitude Operating: Nonoperating: -60.96m to 3,048m (-200 ft to 10,000+ ft) -60.96m to 12,192m (-200 ft to 40,000+ ft) 10 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. 2.7 Environmental specifications 2.7.1 Ambient temperature Ambient temperature is defined as the temperature of the environment immediately surrounding the...
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...a nonrepetitive half-sine shock pulse of 2ms during read operations. 2.7.5 Shock All shock specifications assume that the drive is mounted securely with the input vibration applied at the drive mounting screws. C 11 Shock may be applied in the X, Y or Z axis. 2.7.6.1 Operating vibration The... 350Hz 350 to 500Hz 0.50 Gs 0.25 Gs 2.7.6.2 Nonoperating vibration The maximum nonoperating vibration levels that the drive may experience while meeting the performance standards specified in this document when subjected to 500Hz 5.0 Gs 2.0 Gs Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev.
...a nonrepetitive half-sine shock pulse of 2ms during read operations. 2.7.5 Shock All shock specifications assume that the drive is mounted securely with the input vibration applied at the drive mounting screws. C 11 Shock may be applied in the X, Y or Z axis. 2.7.6.1 Operating vibration The... 350Hz 350 to 500Hz 0.50 Gs 0.25 Gs 2.7.6.2 Nonoperating vibration The maximum nonoperating vibration levels that the drive may experience while meeting the performance standards specified in this document when subjected to 500Hz 5.0 Gs 2.0 Gs Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev.
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...measurements are consistent with the cover facing upward. For all tests, the drive is defined by the following table: Table 4: Radio frequency environments Test ... which may occur according to operational levels. 2.8.1 Test for Prominent Discrete Tones (PDTs) Seagate follows the ECMA-74 standards for the inaudible components of sound prior to computation of tone...EN61000-4-4: 95 EN61000-4-5: 95 EN61000-4-6: 97 EN61000-4-11: 94 12 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Sound power measurements are measured as overall A-weighted acoustic sound power levels (no pure tones)....
...measurements are consistent with the cover facing upward. For all tests, the drive is defined by the following table: Table 4: Radio frequency environments Test ... which may occur according to operational levels. 2.8.1 Test for Prominent Discrete Tones (PDTs) Seagate follows the ECMA-74 standards for the inaudible components of sound prior to computation of tone...EN61000-4-4: 95 EN61000-4-5: 95 EN61000-4-6: 97 EN61000-4-11: 94 12 Barracuda XT Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Sound power measurements are measured as overall A-weighted acoustic sound power levels (no pure tones)....
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...specific drive, use a web browser to the certify agency. 2.11.2 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Hard drives that all unused I/O ports. Emission levels are defined by EN55022, Class B and the immunity levels are defined by the product standards for Information Technology Equipment (ITE). Barracuda XT ...the warranty for their products. Testing is designed for your drive. 2.11 Agency certification 2.11.1 Safety certification These products are tested in representative end-user systems. Although CE-marked Seagate drives comply with the directives when used in the test systems,...
...specific drive, use a web browser to the certify agency. 2.11.2 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Hard drives that all unused I/O ports. Emission levels are defined by EN55022, Class B and the immunity levels are defined by the product standards for Information Technology Equipment (ITE). Barracuda XT ...the warranty for their products. Testing is designed for your drive. 2.11 Agency certification 2.11.1 Safety certification These products are tested in representative end-user systems. Although CE-marked Seagate drives comply with the directives when used in the test systems,...