SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 3
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 model:

2.1 Specification summary tables

The specifications listed in the following tables are for quick reference. For details on specification measurement or
definition, see the appropriate section of this manual.
ST2000VX002 ST31000526SV ST31000525SV
ST3500411SV ST3500410SV ST3250311SV

Table 1: Drive specifications summary for the 2TB model

Drive specification ST2000VX002
Formatted capacity (4K bytes/sector)* 2TB
Guaranteed sectors 3,907,029,168
Heads 6
Disks 3
Bytes per sector 4096 (512 bytes per sector emulated at the interface)
Default sectors per track 63
Default read/write heads 16
Default cylinders 16,383
Recording density(max) 1632kb/in
Track density (avg) 274 ktracks/in avg
Areal density (avg) 422 Gb/in2
Internal data transfer rate (max) 1928 Mb/s max
Sustained data transfer rate (max) 144 MB/s
I/O data-transfer rate (max) 600 MB/s
ATA data-transfer modes supported PIO modes 0–4
Multiword DMA modes 0–2
Ultra DMA modes 0–6
Cache buffer 64MB
Height (max) 26.11mm (1.028 in)
Width (max) 101.6mm (4.0 in)
Length (max) 147.00mm (5.78 in)
Weight (typical) 635 grams (1.39 lb)
Power-on to ready (max) <17s
Track-to-track seek time <1ms typical read;
<1.2ms typical write