Seagate ST3500620AS, ST31000340AS manual Formatted capacity, Default logical geometry, LBA mode

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2.1Formatted capacity

Model

Formatted

Guaranteed

Bytes per sector

capacity*

sectors

 

 

 

 

 

 

ST31000340AS

1000 Gbytes

1,953,525,168

512

ST31000640AS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ST3750330AS

750 Gbytes

1,465,149,168

512

ST3750630AS

 

 

 

ST3640330AS

640 Gbytes

1,250,284,896

512

ST3640630AS

 

 

 

ST3500320AS

500 Gbytes

976,773,168

512

ST3500620AS

ST3500820AS

 

 

 

*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting.

2.1.1LBA 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 4.3.1, "Identify Device command" (words 60-61 and 100-103) for additional information about 48- bit addressing support of drives with capacities over 137 Gbytes.

2.2Default logical geometry

Cylinders

Read/write heads

Sectors per track

 

 

 

16,383

16

63

 

 

 

LBA 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.

2.3Recording and interface technology

Interface

Serial ATA (SATA)

 

 

Recording method

Perpendicular

 

 

Recording density (kbits/inch max)

1090

 

 

Track density (ktracks/inch avg)

150

 

 

Areal density (Gbits/inch2 avg)

164

Spindle speed (RPM)

7,200 ± 0.2%

 

 

Internal data transfer rate (Mbits/sec max)

1287

 

 

Sustained data transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max)

105

 

 

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

300

 

 

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Contents Barracuda 7200.11 Serial ATA Revision history Revision Date Sheets affected or commentsContents Barracuda 7200.11 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. G List of Figures Typical 5V startup and operation current profilePage Introduction About the Serial ATA interface Drive specifications Drive specifications summary for 1000 and 750 Gbyte models Barracuda 7200.11 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. G Drive specifications summary for 640 Gbyte models Will display the warranty information for your drive Drive specifications summary for 500 Gbyte models Barracuda 7200.11 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. G Default logical geometry LBA modeFormatted capacity Recording and interface technologyPhysical characteristics Seek timeStart/stop times Typical seek times msec Read WritePower specifications Typical 5V startup and operation current profile Typical 12V startup and operation current profilePower-management modes Active modeIdle mode Sleep modeEnvironmental specifications Vibration Operating vibrationNonoperating vibration 1000 GB, 750 GB and 500 GB modelsAcoustics Electromagnetic immunityFluid Dynamic Bearing FDB motor acoustics Test for Prominent Discrete Tones PDTsSafety certification ReliabilityAgency certification Electromagnetic compatibilityAustralian C-Tick N176 Korean RRLFCC verification 383  Environmental protectionCorrosive environment Configuring and mounting the drive Handling and static-discharge precautionsConfiguring the drive Serial ATA cables and connectorsMounting dimensions Drive mountingBarracuda 7200.11 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. G Serial ATA Sata interface Hot-Plug compatibilitySerial ATA device plug connector pin definitions Serial ATA connector pin definitionsSignal Pin Function DefinitionSupported ATA commands Supported ATA commandsCommand name Command code in hex F4H Identify Device command Word Description ValueXx07H Description if bit is set to Bit Word Bit WordWord Set Features command Set Features command valuesM.A.R.T. commands 3 S.M.A.R.T. commandsCode in features register A.R.T. command Presales Support Seagate Technology support servicesTechnical Support Data Recovery Services Authorized Service Centers Warranty ServiceData Recovery Services Call Center Toll-free Direct dial Index ITE Page Barracuda 7200.11 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. G Page Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, California 95066-4544, USA
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