Seagate ST3250820ACE Acoustics, Fluid Dynamic Bearing FDB motor acoustics, Idle CE seek profile

Models: ST3320820ACE ST3500830ACE ST3750840ACE ST3250820ACE ST3400820ACE ST3300820ACE

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2.10Acoustics

Drive acoustics are measured as overall A-weighted acoustic sound power levels (no pure tones). All mea- surements are consistent with ISO document 7779. Sound power measurements are taken under essentially free-field conditions over a reflecting plane. For all tests, the drive is oriented with the cover facing upward.

Note. For seek mode tests, the drive is placed in seek mode only. The number of seeks per second is defined by the following equation:

(Number of seeks per second = 0.4 / (average latency + average access time)

Table 4:

Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) motor acoustics

 

 

 

 

 

 

Idle*

CE seek profile

 

 

 

ST3750840ACE

2.8 bels (typ)

2.9 bels (typ)

 

 

3.0 bels (max)

3.0 bels (max)

 

 

 

ST3500830ACE

2.8 bels (typ)

2.9 bels (typ)

 

 

3.0 bels (max)

3.0 bels (max)

 

 

 

ST3400820ACE

2.7 bels (typ)

2.8 bels (typ)

 

 

2.9 bels (max)

2.9 bels (max)

 

 

 

ST3320820ACE

2.7 bels (typ)

2.8 bels (typ)

 

 

2.9 bels (max)

2.9 bels (max)

 

 

 

ST3300820ACE

2.5 bels (typ)

2.7 bels (typ)

 

 

2.7 bels (max)

2.8 bels (max)

 

 

 

ST3250820ACE

2.5 bels (typ)

2.7 bels (typ)

 

 

2.7 bels (max)

2.8 bels (max)

 

 

 

 

*During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase acoustic and power to operational levels.

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Seagate ST3250820ACE, ST3320820ACE, ST3300820ACE Acoustics, Fluid Dynamic Bearing FDB motor acoustics, Idle CE seek profile