Barracuda 7200.8 PATA Product Manual, Rev. F
*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capa city. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment
and formatting.
**During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may oc cu r acc or ding to th e S. M.A .R.T. spe cification, which may increase acoustic and
power to operational levels.
Altitude, operating –60.96 m to 3,048 m
(–200 ft. to 10,000+ ft.)
Altitude, nonoperating
(below mean sea level, max) –60.96 m to 12,192 m
(–200 ft. to 40,000+ ft.)
Operational Shock (Gs max at 2 msec) 63
Non-Operational Shock (Gs max at 2 msec) 300 Gs
Vibration, operating 5–22 H z: Limited displacement
23–350 Hz: 0.5 G acceleration
Vibration, nonoperating 5–22 Hz: Limited displ acement
23–350 Hz: 5.0 Gs
Drive acoustics, sound power (bels)
Idle** 2.8 (typical)
3.4 (max)
Performance seek 3.7 (typical)
3.9 (max)
Nonrecoverable read errors 1 per 1014 bits read
Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 0.34%
Service life 5 Years
Warranty 5 years on distribution units.
To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to acc ess the
following web page:
www.seagate.com/support/service/
From this page, click on the “Verify Your Warrant y” link. You will be asked to pro-
vide the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of pur-
chase. The system will display the warranty information for your drive.
Contact start-stop cycles
(25°C, 50% rel. humidity) 50,000
Drive specification ST3250823A ST3250623A ST3200826A