Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. F
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*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.
Wet bulb temperature
(°C max) 37.7 (operating)
40.0 (nonoperating)
Altitude, operating –60.96 m to 3,048 m
(–200 ft to 10,000+ ft)
Altitude, nonoperating
(meters below mean sea level, max) –60.96 m to 12,192 m
(–200 ft to 40,000+ ft)
Shock, operating (max at 2 msec) 63 Gs
Shock, nonoperating (max at 2 msec) 300 Gs
Vibration, operating 5–22 Hz: Limited displacement
23–350 Hz: 0.5 G acceleration
Vibration, nonoperating 5–22 Hz: Limited displacement
23–350 Hz: 5 Gs acceleration
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 access the following web page:
www.seagate.com/support/service/
From this page, click on the “Verify Your W arranty” link. You will be
asked to provide the drive serial number, model number (or part
number) and country of purchase. The system will display the war-
ranty information for your drive.
Contact start-stop cycles
(25°C, 50% relative humidity) 50,000
Supports Hotplug operation per SATA II specification Yes
Table 3: Drive specifications for 250 and 200 Gbyte models
Drive specification ST3250823AS ST3250623AS ST3200826AS