2.2Formatted capacity
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Model | capacity* | sectors | Bytes per sector |
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ST3500841ACE | 500 Gbytes | 976,773,168 | 512 |
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ST3400833ACE | 400 Gbytes | 781,422,768 | 512 |
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ST3300822ACE | 300 Gbytes | 586,072,368 | 512 |
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ST3250824ACE | 250 Gbytes | 488,397,168 | 512 |
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ST3200827ACE | 200 Gbytes | 390,721,968 | 512 |
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ST3160212ACE | 160 Gbytes | 312,581,808 | 512 |
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ST3120213ACE | 120 Gbytes | 234,441,648 | 512 |
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ST3802110ACE | 80 Gbytes | 156,301,488 | 512 |
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*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting.
2.2.1LBA mode
When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to
See Section 4.1.2, "Identify Device command" (words
2.3Default logical geometry
Cylinders | Read/write heads | Sectors per track |
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16,383 | 16 | 63 |
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LBA mode
When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to
2.4Recording and interface technology
Interface | ATA |
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Recording method | 16/17 EPRML |
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Recording density KBPI (kbits/inch max) |
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ST3500841ACE, ST3400833ACE, ST3300822ACE, | 790.1 |
ST3250824ACE, ST3200827ACE |
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ST3160212ACE, ST3120213ACE, ST3802110ACE | 840.0 |
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Track density KTPI (ktracks/inch max) |
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ST3500841ACE, ST3400833ACE, ST3300822ACE, | 124.5 |
ST3250824ACE, ST3200827ACE |
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ST3160212ACE, ST3120213ACE, ST3802110ACE | 141.5 |
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Areal density (Gbits/inch2 max) |
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