Product Description
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Barracuda Green hard drives from Seagate save you time. The
fastest green drive performance offered with SmartAlign
technology for Advanced Format means your drive performs faster
and makes the transition to 4K sector technology a snap! Save
energy, go fast and skip the software utilities required by other
Advanced Format drives. With Barracuda Green hard drives you get
fast performance, cool quiet operation and no-hassle integration.
It's the green power drive that won't slow you down.
From the Manufacturer
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Barracuda® Green hard drives from Seagate® save you time. The
fastest green drive performance enabled by the industries only
5900 RPM spin speed means the fastest data throughput of and
"green" drive on the market. SmartAlign technology means you get
the benefits of the new Advanced Format 4K sector standard
without the hassles of software alignment utilities required by
other drives. SmartAlign makes Seagate Advanced Format hard
drives look and act just like they always have. With Barracuda
Green you get fast performance, cool quite operation and
no-hassle integration. It's the green power drive that won't slow
you down.
Seagate® Barracuda® Green Green Power that won't slow you down
* Fast SATA 6Gb/s interface backwards compatible with SATA 3Gb/s
* High capacity drives up to 2.0TB
* Up to 20% faster than competitive "green" drives
* Features Seagate SmartAlign technology for a simple &
invisible, transition to Advanced Format (4K sector) drives
The world's most versatile 3.5-inch drive for desktops, external
enclosures, and network attach storage (NAS). The Barracuda Green
drive with its unique 5900 RPM is the green power drive that
won't slow you down. Seagate Barracuda Green drives are perfect
for: * Entry Level PCs
* All-in-One PCs
* Slimline / Low Power PCs
* External USB, FireWire, or eSATA storage enclosures
* Network Attach Storage (NAS) solutions
Why choose the Seagate Barracuda Green? * Up to 20% faster that
other green drives with its unique 5900 RPM spin speed
* 2.0TB & 1.5TB capacities perfect for desktops, external
storage, and NAS boxes
* Up to 40% lower power than other 7200 RPM alternatives
* Seagate SmartAlign™ technology provides a transition to 4K
sectors without the need for software utilities
Why you need a drive with Seagate SmartAlign technology? In
2011, all drive manufactures' new drive models will transition to
a new standard called Advanced Format. Thus, all customers will
be forced to adapt to Advanced Format drives. How you choose to
adapt can negatively impact your drive's performance.
* Performance on un-aligned Advanced Format hard drives can drop
by 10-25%!
* Alignment software take extra time and extra integration steps
* Seagate SmartAlign technology eliminates the need for alignment
software
* SmartAlign technology preserve drive performance
Seagate Barracuda Family Hard Drives Barracuda® Green
Low Power 5900 RPM drives with
1.5TB and 2.0TB capacities Barracuda®
Mainstream 7200 RPM drives with
capacities from 160GB to 1.0TB
click here Barracuda® XT
High performance 7200 RPM
drive with 2.0TB capacity
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How much will it store? Capacity Digital Music
(Hours) Digital Photos
(Files) Digital Videos
(Hours) DVD Quality
(Movies) HD Video
(Hours) 2.0 TB 33,320 640,000 2,000 500 500 1.5 TB 24,990 480,000
1,500 375 375 Average file size using cameras highest
resolution JPEG mode Based on standard 2 hour movie Based on
H.264 compression at a 6.75Mbs bitrate
Barracuda Green - Specifications Specifications 2TB1 1.5TB1
Model Number ST2000DL003 ST1500DL003 Interface Options SATA 6Gb/s
NCQ SATA 6Gb/s NCQ Performance Spindle Speed (RPM) 5900 5900
Cache, Multisegmented (MB) 64 64 SATA Transfer Rates Supported
(Gb/s) 6.0 6.0 Average Latency (ms) 4.16 4.16 Average Seek,
Typical Read (ms) 12 12 Average Seek, Typical Write (ms) 13 13
Power On to Ready (sec) <10 <10 Configuration/Organization
Heads/disks 6/3 6/3 Bytes per Sector 4096 4096 Voltage Voltage
Tolerance, Including Noise (5V) +10%/-7.5% +10%/-7.5% Voltage
Tolerance, Including Noise (12V) +10%/-7.5% +10%/-7.5%
Reliability/Data Integrity Load/Unload Cycles (25°C, 50%
Humidity) 300,000 300,000 Nonrecoverable Read Errors per Bits
Read, Max 1 per 10E14 1 per 10E14 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR)
0.34% 0.34% Power-On Hours 8760 8760 Limited Warranty (years) 3 3
Power Management Operating Mode, Typical (W) 5.8 7.15 Idle Mode
(W) 4.5 5.0 Standby Mode (W) 0.5 0.93 Mode (W) 0.5 0.93
Startup Current +12V Peak (A±10%) 2.0 2.0 Environmental
Temperature Operating (°C) 0 to 60 0 to 60 Nonoperating
(°C) -40 to 70 -40 to 70 Shock (Gs) Operating: 2ms (°C) 80
80 Nonoperating: 2ms (°C) 300 300 Physical Height (in/mm)
26.1/1.028 26.1/1.028 Width (mm/in) 101.6/4.0 101.6/4.0 Depth
(mm/in) 146.00/5.75 146.00/5.75 Weight (g/lb) 622/1.371 622/1.371
1 One gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte,
or TB, equals one trillion bytes when referring to hard drive
capacity.
Barracuda Green - Models Model Number Capacity Interface Options
ST2000DL003
ST1500DL003 2TB
1.5TB SATA 6Gb/s NCQ
SATA 6Gb/s NCQ
- A unique 5900-RPM platform delivers the fastest performance of any drive available.
- Seagate SmartAlign technology provides the benefits of the new Advanced Format 4K sector standard without the hassles - not utilities, no extra steps.
- Plenty of capacity for storage-hungry applications.
- The SATA 6Gb/s interface and 64MB cache maximize performance, especially in cache-intensive applications.
- Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging.
- Best-Fit Applications include: High-capacity desktop storage, Direct Attached Storage devices - USB/Firewire/eSata, Network Attached Storage devices and Windows storage servers, PCs.