Seagate ST3320310CS User manual

Product Manual

Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA

100529372

Rev. E

October 2009

ST31000424CS

ST3500414CS

ST3320413CS

ST3250412CS

ST31000322CS

ST3500312CS

ST3320310CS

ST3250312CS

ST3160316CS

Revision history

Publication number: 100529372, Rev. E October 2009

Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC

in the United States and/or other countries. Pipeline HD.2 Series, SeaTools and SeaTDD are either trade

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marks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its affiliated companies in the United

States and/or other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their

respective owners.

When referring to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or

TB, equals one trillion bytes. Your computer's operating system may use a different standard of measure

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ment and report a lower capacity. In addition, some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other

functions, and thus will not be available for data storage. Seagate reserves the right to change, without

notice, product offerings or specifications.

Revision Date Sheets affected or comments

Rev. A 01/07/09 Initial release.

Rev. B 04/29/09 1, 6, 17, 22, 24, 32 and 34.

Rev. C 05/19/09 fc, 1, 3, 8, 10-11, 19 and 32.

Rev. D 07/08/09 1, 5, 7, 9, 25 and 27-28.

Rev. E 10/29/09 Updated weight information in Tables 1-3 and physical specifications. Fixed Write

DMA FUA Extended command.

Minor text and formatting changes throughout.

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Contents

1.0 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.1 About the Serial ATA interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

2.0 Drive specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2.1 Specification summary tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2.2 Formatted capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.2.1 LBA mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.3 Default logical geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.4 Recording and interface technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.5 Physical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.6 Seek time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.7 Start/stop times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.8 Power specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.8.1 Power consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.8.2 Conducted noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.8.3 Voltage tolerance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.8.4 Power management modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.9 Environmental specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.9.1 Drive case temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.9.2 Temperature gradient. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.9.3 Humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.9.4 Altitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.9.5 Shock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

2.9.6 Vibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

2.10 Acoustics emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.11 Electromagnetic immunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.12 Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.12.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.13 Agency certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.13.1 Safety certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.13.2 Electromagnetic compatibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.13.3 FCC verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

2.14 Environmental protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2.14.1 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive . . . . . 20

2.14.2 China Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2.15 Corrosive environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3.2 Configuring the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

3.4 Drive mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

4.1 Hot-Plug compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

4.2 Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

4.3 Supported ATA commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4.3.1 Identify Device command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

4.3.2 Set Features command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

5.0 Seagate Technology support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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List of Figures

Figure 1. Typical 12V startup and operation current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Figure 2. Attaching SATA cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Figure 3. Mounting dimensions (for 1000GB models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Figure 4. Mounting dimensions (for 500, 320, 250 and 160GB models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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1.0 Introduction

This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate

Pipeline HD

TM

.2 Series model drive:

These drives provide the following key features:

• High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates 3Gb/s default. Limit settings to 1.5Gb/s available via SMART

Command Transport command.

• Perpendicular recording, Tunneling Magnetoresistive (TMR) recording heads and EPRML technology, for

increased areal density.

• State-of-the-art cache and on-the-fly error-correction algorithms.

• Native Command Queueing with command ordering to increase performance in demanding applications.

• Full-track multiple-sector transfer capability without local processor intervention.

• Quiet operation.

• Support for S.M.A.R.T. drive monitoring and reporting.

• Supports latching SATA cables and connectors.

• Supports ATA8 Streaming commands.

• Supports Power-up in Standby feature.

• Supports Trusted Send/Receive Security Protocol.

• Worldwide Name (WWN) capability uniquely identifies the drive.

ST31000424CS ST3500414CS ST3320413CS ST3250412CS

ST31000322CS ST3500312CS ST3320310CS ST3250312CS ST3160316CS

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1.1 About the Serial ATA interface

The Serial ATA interface provides several advantages over the traditional (parallel) ATA interface. The primary

advantages include:

• Easy installation and configuration with true plug-and-play connectivity. It is not necessary to set any jump-

ers or other configuration options.

• Thinner and more flexible cabling for improved enclosure airflow and ease of installation.

• Scalability to higher performance levels.

In addition, Serial ATA makes the transition from parallel ATA easy by providing legacy software support. Serial

ATA was designed to allow you to install a Serial ATA host adapter and Serial ATA disk drive in your current

system and expect all of your existing applications to work as normal.

The Serial ATA interface connects each disk drive in a point-to-point configuration with the Serial ATA host

adapter. There is no master/slave relationship with Serial ATA devices like there is with parallel ATA. If two

drives are attached on one Serial ATA host adapter, the host operating system views the two devices as if they

were both “masters” on two separate ports. This essentially means both drives behave as if they are Device 0

(master) devices.

Note. The host adapter may, optionally, emulate a master/slave environment to host software where two

devices on separate Serial ATA ports are represented to host software as a Device 0 (master) and

Device 1 (slave) accessed at the same set of host bus addresses. A host adapter that emulates a

master/slave environment manages two sets of shadow registers. This is not a typical Serial ATA

environment.

The Serial ATA host adapter and drive share the function of emulating parallel ATA device behavior to provide

backward compatibility with existing host systems and software. The Command and Control Block registers,

PIO and DMA data transfers, resets, and interrupts are all emulated.

The Serial ATA host adapter contains a set of registers that shadow the contents of the traditional device regis-

ters, referred to as the Shadow Register Block. All Serial ATA devices behave like Device 0 devices. For addi-

tional information about how Serial ATA emulates parallel ATA, refer to the “Serial ATA International

Organization: Serial ATA Revision 2.6”. The specification can be downloaded from www.sata-io.org.

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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 measure-

ment or definition, refer to the appropriate section of this manual.

ST31000424CS ST3500414CS ST3320413CS ST3250412CS

ST31000322CS ST3500312CS ST3320310CS ST3250312CS ST3160316CS

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Table 1: Drive specifications summary for 1000GB models

Drive specification ST31000424CS ST31000322CS

Formatted Capacity

(512 bytes/sector)*

1000GB

Guaranteed sectors 1,953,525,168

Heads 4

Disks 2

Bytes per sector 512

Default sectors per track 63

Default read/write heads 16

Default cylinders 16,383

Recording density (max.) 1417kb/in

Track density (avg.) 236 ktracks/in

Areal density (avg.) 341.5Gb/in

2

Spindle speed 5900 RPM

Internal data transfer rate (max.) 1285Mb/s

Sustained data transfer rate (max.) 120MB/s

I/O data-transfer rate (max.) 300MB/s

ATA data-transfer modes supported PIO modes: 0 to4

Multiword DMA modes: 0 to2

Ultra DMA modes: 0 to 6

Cache buffer 16MB 8MB

Height (max.) 26.1mm / 1.028 in

Width (max.) 101.85mm / 4.010 in

Length (max.) 146.99mm / 5.787 in

Weight (typical) 615g / 1.356 lb

Average latency 5.1ms

Power-on to ready (typical) <12s

Standby to ready (typical) <12s

Track-to-track seek time (typical) <1.0ms ( read)

<1.2ms ( write)

Average seek (typical) <14.0ms read

<15.0ms write

Startup current 12V-peak (typical) 2.0A

Voltage tolerance (including noise) 5V ± 5%

12V ± 10%

Operating temperature

(drive case temperature)

0° to 75°C

Non-operating temperature (ambient) –40° to 70°C

Temperature gradient (max.) 20°C per hour (operating)

30°C per hour (non-operating)

Relative humidity 5% to 90% (operating)

5% to 95% (non-operating)

Relative humidity gradient (max.) 30% per hour

Wet bulb temperature (max.) 37.7°C (operating)

40.0°C (non-operating)

Altitude, operating –60.96m to 3,048m

(–200 ft to 10,000+ ft)

Altitude, non-operating

(below mean sea level, max.)

–60.96m to 12,192m

(–200 ft to 40,000+ ft )

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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.

**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.

Operational Shock (max.) 70 Gs at 2ms (read)

30 Gs at 2ms (write)

Non-Operational Shock (max.) 350 Gs at 2ms

Vibration, operating 5Hz to 350Hz: 0.50 Gs

350Hz to 500Hz: 0.25 Gs

Vibration, non-operating 5Hz to350Hz: 5.0 Gs

350Hz to 500Hz: 1.0 Gs

Drive acoustics, sound power

Idle** 2.1 bels (typical)

2.3 bels (max.)

CE Seek Profile 2.4 bels (typical)

2.5 bels (max.)

Nonrecoverable read errors 1 per 10

15

bits read

Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 0.55%

Warranty To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web

page:

support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp

From this page, click on the “Verify Your Warranty” link. You will be asked to provide the drive

serial number, model number (or part number) and country of purchase. The system will dis

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play the warranty information for your drive.

Contact start-stop cycles 50,000 at 25°C, 50% rel. humidity

Supports Hotplug operation per the

Serial ATA Revision 2.6 specification

Yes

Drive specification ST31000424CS ST31000322CS

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Table 2: Drive specifications summary for 500 and 320GB models

Drive specification ST3500414CS ST3500312CS ST3320413CS ST3320310CS

Formatted capacity

(512 bytes/sector)*

500GB 320GB

Guaranteed sectors 976,773,168 625,142,448

Heads 2

Disks 1

Bytes per sector 512

Default sectors per track 63

Default read/write heads 16

Default cylinders 16,383

Recording density (max.) 1417kb/in

Track density (avg) 236 ktracks/in

Areal density(avg) 341.5Gb/in

2

Spindle speed 5900 RPM

Internal data transfer rate (max.) 1285 Mb/s

Sustained data transfer rate (max.) 120 MB/s

I/O data-transfer rate (max.) 300 MB/s

ATA data-transfer modes supported PIO modes 0–4

Multiword DMA modes 0–2

Ultra DMA modes 0–6

Cache buffer 16MB 8MB 16MB 8MB

Height (max.) 20.20mm / 0.795 in

Width (max.) 101.85mm / 4.010 in

Length (max.) 146.99mm / 5.787 in

Weight (typical) 420g / 0.926 lb

Average latency 5.1ms

Power-on to ready (typical) <6s

Standby to ready (typical) <6s

Track-to-track seek time (typical) <1.0ms (read)

<1.2ms (write)

Average seek (typical) <14.0ms (read)

<15.0ms (write)

Startup current (typical) 12V (peak) 2.0A

Voltage tolerance (including noise) 5V ± 5%

12V ± 10%

Operating temperature

(drive case temperature)

0° to 75°C

Non-operating temperature (ambient) –40° to 70°C

Temperature gradient (max.) 20°C per hour (operating)

30°C per hour (non-operating)

Relative humidity 5% to 90% (operating)

5% to 95% (non-operating)

Relative humidity gradient (max.) 30% per hour

Wet bulb temperature (max.) 37.7°C (operating)

40.0°C (non-operating)

Altitude, operating –60.96m to 3,048m

(–200 ft to 10,000+ ft)

Altitude, non-operating

(below mean sea level, max.)

–60.96m to 12,192m

(–200 ft to 40,000+ ft)

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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.

**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.

Operational Shock (max.) 70 Gs at 2ms

Non-Operational Shock (max.) 350 Gs at 2ms

Vibration, operating 5Hz to 350Hz: 0.50 Gs

350Hz to 500Hz: 0.25 Gs

Vibration, non-operating 5Hz to 350 Hz: 5.0 Gs

350Hz to 500Hz: 1.0 Gs

Drive acoustics, sound power

Idle** 1.9 bels (typical)

2.1 bels (max.)

CE Seek Profile 2.3 bels (typical)

2.4 bels (max.)

Nonrecoverable read errors 1 per 10

15

bits read

Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 0.55%

Warranty To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web

page:

support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp

From this page, click on the “Verify Your Warranty” link. You will be asked to provide the drive

serial number, model number (or part number) and country of purchase. The system will dis

-

play the warranty information for your drive.

Contact start-stop cycles 50,000 at 25°C, 50% rel. humidity

Supports Hotplug operation per the

Serial ATA Revision 2.6 specification

Yes

Drive specification ST3500414CS ST3500312CS ST3320413CS ST3320310CS

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Table 3: Drive specifications summary for 250 and 160GB models

Drive specification ST3250412CS ST3250312CS ST3160316CS

Formatted capacity

(512 bytes/sector)*

250GB 160GB

Guaranteed sectors 488,397,168 312,581,808

Heads 1

Disks 1

Bytes per sector 512

Default sectors per track 63

Default read/write heads 16

Default cylinders 16,383

Recording density (max.) 1417kb/in

Track density (avg.) 236 ktracks/in

Areal density (avg.) 341.5Gb/in

2

Spindle speed 5900 RPM

Internal data transfer rate (max.) 1285Mb/s

Sustained data transfer rate (max.) 120MB/s

I/O data-transfer rate (max.) 300MB/s

ATA data-transfer modes supported PIO modes 0–4

Multiword DMA modes 0–2

Ultra DMA modes 0–6

Cache buffer 16MB 8MB

Height (max.) 20.20mm / 0.795 in

Width (max.) 101.85mm / 4.010 in

Length (max.) 146.99mm / 5.787 in

Weight (typical) 395g / 0.871 lb

Average latency 5.1ms

Power-on to ready (typical) <6s

Standby to ready (typical) <6s

Track-to-track seek time (typical) <1.0ms (read)

<1.2ms (write)

Average seek (typical) <14.0ms (read)

<15.0ms (write)

Startup current (typical) 12V (peak) 2.0A

Voltage tolerance (including noise) 5V ± 5%

12V ± 10%

Operating temperature

(drive case temperature)

0° to 75°C

Non-operating temperature (ambient) –40° to 70°C

Temperature gradient (max.) 20°C per hour (operating)

30°C per hour (non-operating)

Relative humidity 5% to 90% (operating)

5% to 95% (non-operating)

Relative humidity gradient (max.) 30% per hour

Wet bulb temperature (max.) 37.7°C (operating)

40.0°C (non-operating)

Altitude, operating –60.96m to 3,048m

(–200 ft to 10,000+ ft)

Altitude, non-operating

(below mean sea level, max.)

–60.96m to 12,192m

(–200 ft to 40,000+ ft)

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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.

**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.

Operational Shock (max.) 70 Gs at 2ms (read)

30 Gs at 2ms (write)

Non-Operational Shock (max.) 350 Gs at 2ms

Vibration, operating 5Hz to 350Hz: 0.50 Gs

350Hz to 500Hz: 0.25 Gs

Vibration, non-operating 5Hz to 350Hz: 5.0 Gs

350Hz to 500Hz: 1.0 Gs

Drive acoustics, sound power

Idle** 1.9 bels (typical)

2.1 bels (max.)

CE Seek Profile 2.3 bels (typical)

2.4 bels (max.)

Nonrecoverable read errors 1 per 10

15

bits read

Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 0.55%

Warranty To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web

page:

support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp

From this page, click on the “Verify Your Warranty” link. You will be asked to provide the drive

serial number, model number (or part number) and country of purchase. The system will dis

-

play the warranty information for your drive.

Contact start-stop cycles 50,000 at 25°C, 50% rel. humidity

Supports Hotplug operation per the

Serial ATA Revision 2.6 specification

Yes

Drive specification ST3250412CS ST3250312CS ST3160316CS

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2.2 Formatted capacity

Model

Formatted

capacity*

Guaranteed

sectors

Bytes per sector

ST31000424CS

ST31000322CS

1000GB 1,953,525,168

512

ST3500414CS

ST3500312CS

500GB 976,773,168

ST3320413CS

ST3320310CS

320GB 625,142,448

ST3250412CS

ST3250312CS

250GB 488,397,168

ST3160316CS 160GB 312,581,808

*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment

and formatting.

2.2.1 LBA mode

When addressing the drive in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to n–1

, where

n is the number of guaranteed sectors as defined above.

Refer to Section 4.3.1, "Identify Device command" (words 60-61 and 100-103) for additional information about

48-bit addressing support of drives with capacities over 137GB.

2.3 Default logical geometry

Cylinders Read/write heads Sectors per track

16,383 16 63

2.4 Recording and interface technology

All models

Interface Serial ATA (SATA)

Recording method Perpendicular

Recording density (max.) 1417kb/in

Track density (ktracks/inch avg) 236 ktracks/in

Areal density (Gbits/inch

2

avg) 341.5Gb/in

2

Spindle speed (RPM) 5900 (+/- 0.2%)

Internal data transfer rate (Mb/s max.) 1285Mb/s

Sustained data transfer rate (MB/s max.) 120MB/s

I/O data-transfer rate (MB/s max.) 300MB/s

Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 11

2.5 Physical characteristics

1000GB model 500, 320, 250 and 160GB models

Maximum height 26.1mm / 1.028 in 20.20mm / 0.794 in

Maximum width 101.85mm / 4.010 in

Maximum length 146.99mm / 5.787 in

Typical weight 615g / 1.356 lb 500 and 320GB models

420g / 0.926 lb

250 and 160GB models

395g / 0.871 lb

Cache buffer

ST31000424CS, ST3500414CS, ST3320413CS and

ST

3250412CS

ST31000322CS, ST3500312CS,

ST3320311CSST3250312CS and ST3160316CS

16MB (16,384KB)

8MB (8,192KB)

2.6 Seek time

Seek measurements are taken with nominal power at 25°C ambient temperature. All times are measured using

drive diagnostics. The specifications in the table below are defined as follows:

• Track-to-track seek time is an average of all

possible single-track seeks in both directions.

• Average seek time is a true statistical random avera

ge of at least 5,000 measurements of seeks between

random tracks, less overhead.

Typical seek times (ms) Read Write

Track-to-track <1.0 <1.2

Average <14.0 <15.0

*Measured in performance mode.

**Measured in quiet mode.

Note. These drives are designed to consistently meet the seek times represented in this manual. Physical

seeks, regardless of mode (such as track-to-track and average), are expected to meet the noted

values. However, due to the manner in which these drives are formatted, benchmark tests that

include command overhead or measure logical seeks may produce results that vary from these

specifications.

2.7 Start/stop times

Start/stop times (s) 1000GB models

500, 320, 250 and 160GB models

Power-on to Ready (typical) <12.0 <6.0

Standby to Ready (typical) <12.0 <6.0

Ready to spindle stop (max.) 10

12 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E

2.8 Power specifications

The drive receives DC power (5V or 12V) through a native SATA power connector. Refer to Figure 2 on

page 22.

2.8.1 Power consumption

Power requirements for the drives are listed in the table on page 9. Typical power measurements are based on

a

n average of drives tested, under nominal conditions, using 5V and 12V input voltage at 25°C ambient tem-

perature.

• Spinup power

Spinup power is measured from the time of power-on to

the time that the drive spindle reaches operating

speed.

• Idle mode power

Idle mode power is measured with the drive up to speed, with ser

vo electronics active and with the heads in

a random track location.

• Operating (CE seek profile)

Operating power is measured by simulating a typical PVR op

erating environment, using a 50% write, 50%

read algorithm.

• Standby mode

During Standby mode, the drive accepts commands, but th

e drive is not spinning, and the servo and read/

write electronics are in power-down mode.

Table 4: DC power requirements

Power dissipation (2 disk models) Avg (watts 25° C) Avg 5V typ. amps Avg 12V typ. amps

Spinup — — 2.0 (peak)

Idle* 3.834 0.223 0.226

Operating 4.107 0.295 0.219

Standby 0.699 0.121 0.008

Sleep 0.811 0.131 0.012

*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.

Note. Drive supports PHY layer power management. When enabled, a power savings of ~300mw can be

achieved in Idle, Standby and Sleep modes.

Power dissipation (1 disk models) Avg (watts 25° C) Avg 5V typ. amps Avg 12V typ. amps

Spinup — — 2.0 (peak)

Idle* 3.008 0.248 0.147

Operating 3.445 0.316 0.155

Standby 0.707 0.127 0.006

Sleep 0.742 0.134 0.006

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