Seagate U Series 9 CE manual Formatted capacity, Default logical geometry, Physical organization

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2.2Formatted capacity

 

Formatted

Guaranteed

 

Model

capacity

sectors

Bytes per sector

 

 

 

 

ST3160022ACE

160 Gbytes

312,581,808

512

 

 

 

 

ST3120025ACE

120 Gbytes

234,441,648

512

 

 

 

 

ST380012ACE

80 Gbytes

156,301,488

512

 

 

 

 

2.2.1LBA mode

When addressing these 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.

See Section 4.1.2, "Identify Device command" (words 60-61 and 100-103) for additional information about 48- bit addressing support of drives with capacities over 137 Gbytes.

2.3Default logical geometry

Cylinders

Read/write heads

Sectors per track

 

 

 

16,383

16

63

 

 

 

2.4Physical organization

Model

Read/write heads

Number of discs

 

 

 

ST3160022ACE

4

2

 

 

 

ST3120025ACE

3

2

 

 

 

ST380012ACE

2

1

 

 

 

2.5Recording and interface technology

Interface

ATA

 

 

Recording method

16/17 EPRML

 

 

Recording density BPI (bits/inch max)

595,000

 

 

Track density TPI (tracks/inch max)

94,600

 

 

Areal density (Mbits/inch2 max)

56.3

Internal data-transfer rate OD (Mbytes/sec max)

85.4

 

 

Sustained data transfer rate OD (Mbytes/sec max)

48

 

 

I/O data-transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max)

100 (Ultra DMA mode 5)

 

 

Interleave

1:1

 

 

Cache buffer

2 Mbyte (2,048 kbytes)

 

 

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Contents Series 9 ce Page Series 9 ce Page Revision status summary sheet Page Contents Series 9 ce Product Manual, Rev. F List of Figures Viii Series 9 ce Product Manual, Rev. F Introduction Series 9 ce Product Manual, Rev. F Specification summary table Drive specificationsSeries 9 ce Product Manual, Rev. F Physical organization Default logical geometryLBA mode Formatted capacityStart/stop times Physical characteristicsPower specifications Seek timeRead/write power and current Power consumptionSpinup power Seek modeTypical 5V startup and operation current profile Typical current profileSleep mode Power-management modesActive mode Idle modeEnvironmental specifications Acoustics Electromagnetic immunity ReliabilityFluid Dynamic Bearing FDB motor acoustics Agency certification Page Handling and static discharge precautions Configuring and mounting the driveBreather filter hole location Breather filter hole precautionsCable-select option Jumper settingsMaster/slave configuration Drive as master with a non-ATA-compatible slaveUltra ATA/100 cable Drive mountingMounting dimensions-top, side and end view Series 9 ce Product Manual, Rev. F ATA interface ATA interface signals and connector pinsO pins and supported ATA signals Command name Command code in hex ATA-standard commands Supported ATA commandsCommand name Command code in hex Word Description Value Identify Device commandXx07H Description if bit is set to Bit Word 0CH Set Features commandCode in features Register A.R.T. command 4 S.M.A.R.T. commandsSeries 9 ce Product Manual, Rev. F Technical Support Seagate Technology support servicesInternet MySeagate Reseller.seagate.com Presales SupportAuthorized Service Centers Warranty ServiceCall Center Toll-free Direct dial FAX / Internet Call Center Toll-free Direct dialAmericas +1-405-324-47301 +1-405-324-4704 Americas SEAGATE2 +1-405-324-47003 +1-405-324-4702FAX Services-All Europe toll call Call Center Presales and Technical Support Warranty ServiceToll-Free Support Numbers Asia/Pacific Support Services Series 9 ce Product Manual, Rev. F Numerics IndexPage Page Series 9 ce Product Manual, Rev. F Page Seagate Technology LLC

U Series 9 CE specifications

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