2.2Formatted capacity
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Model | capacity* | sectors | Bytes per sector |
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ST31000424CS | 1000GB | 1,953,525,168 |
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ST31000322CS |
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ST3500414CS | 500GB | 976,773,168 |
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ST3500312CS |
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ST3320413CS | 320GB | 625,142,448 | 512 |
ST3320310CS |
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ST3250412CS | 250GB | 488,397,168 |
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ST3250312CS |
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ST3160316CS | 160GB | 312,581,808 |
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*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting.
2.2.1LBA mode
When addressing the drive in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to
Refer to Section 4.3.1, "Identify Device command" (words
2.3Default logical geometry
Cylinders | Read/write heads | Sectors per track |
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16,383 | 16 | 63 |
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2.4Recording and interface technology
| All models |
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Interface | Serial ATA (SATA) |
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Recording method | Perpendicular |
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Recording density (max.) | 1417kb/in |
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Track density (ktracks/inch avg) | 236 ktracks/in |
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Areal density (Gbits/inch2 avg) | 341.5Gb/in2 |
Spindle speed (RPM) | 5900 (+/- 0.2%) |
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Internal data transfer rate (Mb/s max.) | 1285Mb/s |
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Sustained data transfer rate (MB/s max.) | 120MB/s |
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I/O | 300MB/s |
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