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...
Barracuda 7200.12 Product Overview
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... cache, 500 GB and 320 GB with 16-MB cache, and 250 GB and 160 GB with low power consumption. The Barracuda 7200.12 drive is a leader in mind, and not just with 8-MB cache. And vertically stored data bits mean increased data density-which means higher performance to increase productivity. With Seagate and the Barracuda 7200.12 drive, our...
... cache, 500 GB and 320 GB with 16-MB cache, and 250 GB and 160 GB with low power consumption. The Barracuda 7200.12 drive is a leader in mind, and not just with 8-MB cache. And vertically stored data bits mean increased data density-which means higher performance to increase productivity. With Seagate and the Barracuda 7200.12 drive, our...
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 • Gamer ...MB/s maximum sustained data rate - 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/s with the most popular desktop hard drive • Ships with NCQ Key Advantages •...
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 • Gamer ...MB/s maximum sustained data rate - 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/s with the most popular desktop hard drive • Ships with NCQ Key Advantages •...
Barracuda 7200.12 Data Sheet
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...%) Operating, Average (W) Idle, Average (W) Environmental Temperature (°C) Operating Nonoperating Shock (Gs) Operating: 2 ms Nonoperating: 1 ms Acoustics (bels - 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...
...%) Operating, Average (W) Idle, Average (W) Environmental Temperature (°C) Operating Nonoperating Shock (Gs) Operating: 2 ms Nonoperating: 1 ms Acoustics (bels - 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...
Drive Specification Guide
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... providing high-capacity, low-power optimization for a desktop drive, the Seagate Barracuda® products will exceed their unique environments. If customers are optimized for ongoing operational and maintenance costs that include power usage and overall drive reliability that you get a clear understanding of why a particular hard drive works most effectively in the customer's environment. Additionally, our...
... providing high-capacity, low-power optimization for a desktop drive, the Seagate Barracuda® products will exceed their unique environments. If customers are optimized for ongoing operational and maintenance costs that include power usage and overall drive reliability that you get a clear understanding of why a particular hard drive works most effectively in the customer's environment. Additionally, our...
Drive Specification Guide
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When referring to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. Barracuda, Constellation, PowerTrim, SoftSonic and SV35 Series are registered trademarks of its affiliated companies in USA. MB578.4-0905US, May 2009 Seagate, Seagate Technology and the...
When referring to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. Barracuda, Constellation, PowerTrim, SoftSonic and SV35 Series are registered trademarks of its affiliated companies in USA. MB578.4-0905US, May 2009 Seagate, Seagate Technology and the...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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Updated drive specifications on page 28. Updated non-operating vibration specifications throughout. © 2008-2010 Seagate Technology LLC. Publication number: 100529369, Rev. Barracuda, SeaTools and SeaTDD are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other ... or registered trademarks are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or one trillion bytes. In addition, some of its affiliated companies in U.S.A. Seagate reserves the right to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte...
Updated drive specifications on page 28. Updated non-operating vibration specifications throughout. © 2008-2010 Seagate Technology LLC. Publication number: 100529369, Rev. Barracuda, SeaTools and SeaTDD are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other ... or registered trademarks are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or one trillion bytes. In addition, some of its affiliated companies in U.S.A. Seagate reserves the right to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte...
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...) 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 compatibility...
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...) 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 compatibility...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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List of Figures Figure 1. Figure 3. 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 4. G iii Figure 2.
List of Figures Figure 1. Figure 3. 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 4. G iii Figure 2.
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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... 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: • 7200 RPM spindle speed. • High...
... 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: • 7200 RPM spindle speed. • High...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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... host adapter and drive share the function of emulating parallel ATA device behavior to -point configuration with existing host systems and software. For additional information about how Serial ATA emulates parallel ATA, refer to higher performance levels. G In addition, Serial ATA makes the transition from www.sata-io.org. 2 Barracuda 7200.12...
... host adapter and drive share the function of emulating parallel ATA device behavior to -point configuration with existing host systems and software. For additional information about how Serial ATA emulates parallel ATA, refer to higher performance levels. G In addition, Serial ATA makes the transition from www.sata-io.org. 2 Barracuda 7200.12...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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... 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 for quick reference. G 3 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. For convenience, the phrases the...
... 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 for quick reference. G 3 Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. For convenience, the phrases the...
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 (...
... 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 (...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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...humidity Yes *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to operational levels. Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. Drive specification Vibration, operating Vibration, non-operating Drive acoustics, sound power Idle** Seek Non-recoverable read errors Warranty Contact start-...part number) and country of drive idle, some offline activity may increase 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 ...
...humidity Yes *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to operational levels. Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. Drive specification Vibration, operating Vibration, non-operating Drive acoustics, sound power Idle** Seek Non-recoverable read errors Warranty Contact start-...part number) and country of drive idle, some offline activity may increase 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 ...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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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 (... 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 (... 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...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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... 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 and ST3500410AS ST3320418AS 2Hz...Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. 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. G 7 humidity Yes *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to access the following web page: support.seagate...
... 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 and ST3500410AS ST3320418AS 2Hz...Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. 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. G 7 humidity Yes *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to access the following web page: support.seagate...
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 (...
... 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 (...
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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...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. Drive specification Vibration, operating Vibration, non-operating Drive acoustics, sound power Idle** Seek Non... 2.6 bels (typical) 2.7 bels (max) 2.8 bels (typical) 3.0 bels (max) 1 per 1014 bits read To determine the warranty for your drive. 50,000 at 25°C, 50% rel. Accessible capacity may increase acoustic and power to hard drive capacity.
...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. Drive specification Vibration, operating Vibration, non-operating Drive acoustics, sound power Idle** Seek Non... 2.6 bels (typical) 2.7 bels (max) 2.8 bels (typical) 3.0 bels (max) 1 per 1014 bits read To determine the warranty for your drive. 50,000 at 25°C, 50% rel. Accessible capacity may increase acoustic and power to hard drive capacity.
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA Product Manual
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...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...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 . 2.1 Formatted capacity Model ST31000528AS ST3750528AS ST3500418AS...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...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 . 2.1 Formatted capacity Model ST31000528AS ST3750528AS ST3500418AS...drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to hard drive capacity.
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...177; 0.2% 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 ...
...177; 0.2% 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 ...