Seagate ST3000VX000, ST1000VX000, ST2000VX000 Drive Specifications, Specification summary tables

2.0 Drive Specifications

Unless otherwise noted, all specifications are measured under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power. For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual to indicate the following drive models:

ST3000VX000ST2000VX000ST1000VX000

2.1Specification summary tables

The specifications listed in Table 1 are for quick reference. For details on specification measurement or definition, refer to the appropriate section of this manual.

Table 1 Drive specifications summary for 3TB, 2TB and 1TB models

Drive Specification	ST3000VX000	ST2000VX000	ST1000VX000
Formatted capacity	3000GB	2000GB	1000GB
(512 bytes/sector)*	(3TB)	(2TB)	(1TB)
Guaranteed sectors	5,860,533,168	3,907,029,168	1,953,525,168
Heads	6	6	2
Disks	3	3	1
Bytes per sector (4K physical	4096	4096	4096
emulated at 512-byte sectors)
Default sectors per track	63	63	63
Default read/write heads	16	16	16
Default cylinders	16,383	16,383	16,383
Recording density (max)	1807kFCI	1807kFCI	1807kFCI
Track density (avg)	352 ktracks/in	352 ktracks/in	352 ktracks/in
Areal density (avg)	625Gb/in2	625Gb/in2	625Gb/in2
Spindle speed	7200 RPM	7200 RPM	7200 RPM
Internal data transfer rate	2147Mb/s	2147Mb/s	2147 Mb/s
(max)
Average data rate, read/write	156MB/s	156MB/s	156MB/s
(MB/s)
Maximum sustained data rate,	210MB/s	210MB/s	210MB/s
OD read (MB/s)
I/O data-transfer rate (max)	600MB/s	600MB/s	600 MB/s
Cache buffer	64MB	64MB	64MB
Height (max)	26.1mm / 1.028 in	26.1mm / 1.028 in	20.17mm / 0.7825 in
Width (max)	101.6mm /4.0 in (+ 0.010 in)	101.6mm /4.0 in (± 0.010 in)	101.6mm / 4.0 in ( ± 0.010 in)
Length (max)	146.99mm / 5.787 in	146.99mm / 5.787 in	146.99mm / 5.787 in
Weight (typical)	626g /1.38 lb	626g /1.38 lb	400g / 0.88 lb
Average latency	4.16ms	4.16ms	4.16ms
Power-on to ready (max)	<17.0s	<17.0s	<10.0s
Standby to ready (max)	<17.0s	<17.0s	<10.0s
Average seek, read (typical)	<8.5ms typical	<8.5ms (read)	<8.5ms (read)
Average seek, write (typical)	<9.5ms typical	<9.5ms (write)	<9.5ms (write)

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