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Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. F
Drive specification ST3250823AS ST3250623AS ST3200826AS
Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* 250 200
Guaranteed sectors 488,397,168 390,721,968
Bytes per sector 512
Default sectors per track 63
Default read/write heads 16
Default cylinders 16,383
Recording density in BPI (bits/inch max) 763,000
Track density TPI (tracks/inch avg) 120,000
Areal density (Mbits/inch2 avg) 91,560
Spindle speed (RPM) 7,200
Internal data transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) 95
Sustained transfer rate OD (Mbytes/sec) 65
I/O data transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) 150
ATA data-transfer modes supported PIO modes 0–4
Multiword DMA modes 0–2
Ultra DMA modes 0–6
SATA data-transfer modes supported 1.5 Gbits/sec
Cache buffer 8 Mbytes 16 Mbytes 8 Mbytes
Height (max) 26.11 mm (1.028 inches)
Width (max) 101.85 mm (4.010 inches)
Length (max) 146.99 mm (5.787 inches)
Weight (max) grams / lb. 635 / 1.39
Average latency (msec) 4.16
Power-on to ready (typical) 10 sec
Standby to ready (typical) 10 sec
Track-to-track see k ti me (msec typical) 0.8 (read), 1.0 (write)
Average seek, read (msec typical) 8.0
Average seek, write (msec typical) 9.0
Startup current (typical) 12V (peak) 2.8 amps
Voltage tolerance
(including noise)
5V ± 5%
12V ± 10%
Ambient temperature 0° to 60°C (op.)
–40° to 70°C (nonop.)
Temperature gradient
(°C per hour max)
20°C (operating)
30°C (nonoperating)
Relative humidity 5% to 90% (operating)
5% to 95% (nonoperating)
Relative humidity gradient 30% per hour max