Seagate BARRACUDA 7200.9 User Manual
Barracuda 7200.9
Leading combination of capacity, performance and reliability, backed by a five-year warranty
Capacities, Interfaces and Cache Sizes—Barracuda 7200.9 Has It All
Key Advantages
• Highest available capacity and largest cache size—up to one-half terabyte—enables
OEMs and system builders to qualify one family of drives for most personal computing
systems.
• SATA 3Gb/s with NCQ enables fast data transfer rates for high performance.
• SATA click connectors and thin cables for easier integrations and better cooling airflow
• Drives automatically configure to either new 3-Gbit/second or legacy 1.5-Gbit/second
SATA systems for ease of integration and highest performance.
• Seagate SoftSonic motor enables whisper-quiet operation.
• RoHS-compliant—environmentally conscious product
• A proven design and industry’s most comprehensive compatibility, integration and
benchmark testing for shorter qualification times, easier integration and top reliability
• Enhanced G-Force protection defends against handling damage.
• Entire product line backed by a five-year warranty
• “One-stop shopping” for innovative and reliable products that fill all of your integration
requirements
Best-Fit Applications
• SATA Servers
• Ultra ATA Servers
• High-Performance PCs
• Workstations/Media PCs
• PC Gaming Systems
• Mainstream PCs
From a Massive
Half Terabyte With
16MB Cache
to 40GB With
2MB Cache
Seagate Makes the Best Even Better
With a 5-Year Warranty
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and our customers’ success. Every Seagate internal
hard drive for PCs, notebook computers and entrylevel servers is covered under our unprecedented
five-year warranty.
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• Certified, experienced support staff
• Rated “Above Average to Excellent” by 95 percent of our customers
• Support lines with the shortest wait times in the industry
• Individually archived case histories for quick reference
• Web-based Q&A forum and autoreply e-mail
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Barracuda 7200.9
Leading combination of capacity, performance and reliability, backed by a five-year warranty
Model Number
Interface Options
Performance
Transfer Rate, Max Ext (Mbytes/sec)
Cache (Mbytes)
Average Latency (msec)
Spindle Speed (RPM)
Configuration/Organization
Available Sectors
Bytes per Sector
Logical CHS
Reliability/Data integrity
Contact Start-Stops
Nonrecoverable Read Errors
per Bits Read
Limited Warranty (years)
Power Management
+12 VDC +/–10% (amps peak)
Power Management (watts)
Seek Avg
Operating Avg
Idle Avg
Environmental
Temperature, Operating (°C)
Temperature, Nonoperating (°C)
Shock, Operating: 2 msec (Gs)
Shock, Nonoperating: 1 msec (Gs)
Acoustics, Idle (bels—sound power)
Acoustics, Seek (bels—sound power)
Physical
Height (in/mm)
Width (in/mm)
Depth (in/mm)
Weight (lb/g)
500 GB
1
Specifications
ST3500641A
ST3500641AS
Ultra ATA/100
SATA 3Gb/s NCQ
100/300
16/16
4.16
7200
976,773,168
512
16,383/16/63
50,000
1 per 10
14
5
2.8
12.6
13.0
7.4
0 to 60
–40 to 70
63
350
2.8
3.2
1.028/26.1
4.000/101.6
5.787/146.99
1.52/690
400 GB
1
ST3400633A
ST3400633AS
Ultra ATA/100
SATA 3Gb/s NCQ
100/300
16/16
4.16
7200
781,422,768
512
16,383/16/63
50,000
1 per 10
14
5
2.8
12.6
13.0
7.4
0 to 60
–40 to 70
63
350
2.8
3.2
1.028/26.1
4.000/101.6
5.787/146.99
1.4/635
300 GB
1
ST3300622A
ST3300622AS
Ultra ATA/100
SATA 3Gb/s NCQ
100/300
16/16
4.16
7200
586,072,368
512
16,383/16/63
50,000
1 per 10
14
5
2.8
12.4
12.8
7.2
0 to 60
–40 to 70
63
350
2.5
2.8
1.028/26.1
4.000/101.6
5.787/146.99
1.4/635
250 GB
1
ST3250824A
ST3250624A
2
ST3250824AS
ST3250624AS
2
Ultra ATA/100
Ultra ATA/100
SATA 3Gb/s NCQ
SATA 3Gb/s NCQ
100/100/300/300
8/16/8/16
4.16
7200
488,397,168
512
16,383/16/63
50,000
1 per 10
14
5
2.8
12.4
12.8
7.2
0 to 60
–40 to 70
63
350
2.5
2.8
1.028/26.1
4.000/101.6
5.787/146.99
1.4/635
1
One gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity.
2
New products recently added
200 GB
1
ST3200827A
ST3200827AS
Ultra ATA/100
SATA 3Gb/s NCQ
100/300
8/8
4.16
7200
390,721,968
512
16,383/16/63
50,000
1 per 10
14
5
2.8
12.4
12.8
7.2
0 to 60
–40 to 70
63
350
2.5
2.8
1.028/26.1
4.000/101.6
5.787/146.99
1.4/635
160 GB
1
ST3160812A
ST3160212A
ST3160812AS
ST3160212AS
2
Ultra ATA/100
Ultra ATA/100
SATA 3Gb/s NCQ
SATA 3Gb/s NCQ
100/100/300/300
8/2/8/2
4.16
7200
312,581,808
512
16,383/16/63
50,000
1 per 10
14
5
2.8
12.4
12.8
7.2
0 to 60
–40 to 70
63
350
2.5
2.8
1.028/26.1
4.000/101.6
5.787/146.99
1.28/580
120 GB
1
ST3120814A
ST3120213A
ST3120813AS
ST3120213AS
2
Ultra ATA/100
Ultra ATA/100
SATA 3Gb/s NCQ
SATA 3Gb/s NCQ
100/100/300/300
8/2/8/2
4.16
7200
234,441,648
512
16,383/16/63
50,000
1 per 10
14
5
2.8
12.4
12.8
7.2
0 to 60
–40 to 70
63
350
2.5
2.8
1.028/26.1
4.000/101.6
5.787/146.99
1.28/580
80 GB
1
ST3802110A
ST3808110AS
ST3802110AS
2
Ultra ATA/100
SATA 3Gb/s NCQ
SATA 3Gb/s NCQ
100/300/300
2/8/2
4.16
7200
156,301,488
512
16,383/16/63
50,000
1 per 10
14
5
2.8
12.4
12.8
7.2
0 to 60
–40 to 70
63
350
2.5
2.7
1.028/26.1
4.000/101.6
5.787/146.99
1.28/580
40 GB
1
ST3402111A
ST3402111AS
2
Ultra ATA/100
SATA 3Gb/s NCQ
100/300
2/2
4.16
7200
78,165,360
512
16,383/16/63
50,000
1 per 10
14
5
2.8
12.4
12.8
7.2
0 to 60
–40 to 70
63
350
2.5
2.7
1.028/26.1
4.000/101.6
5.787/146.99
1.28/580
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Technology LLC. DB35 Series,DynaPlay and DriveTrust are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC. Other product names are trademarks or
registered trademarks of their owners. One gigabyte, or Gbyte, equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity.Accessible capacity may vary depending on
operating environment and formatting. Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications. Publication Number: DS-1585-2,March 2006
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