Seagate DIAMONDMAX 11 User Manual

DiamondMax® 11

ATA HARD DRIVE

HIGHLIGHTS

• Industry-leading 500GB

capacity

• 3.5-inch 7200 RPM

3.0Gb Serial ATA hard drive

• Leading performance

and reliability for desktop
applications

FEATURES

• Second-generation

3.0Gb Serial ATA II

• Native command queuing

• Ultra ATA data transfer

speeds up to 133MB/sec

• 16MB cache buffer

• Fluid dynamic bearing motor

for quiet operation

• Outstanding reliability with:

– Advanced mechanical
platform
–Shock Protection System
– Data Protection System

• RoHS compliant

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400GB 500GB

Half a terabyte with 3.0Gb SATA II

500GB capacity for top-of-the-line PC systems. Ample capacity for

power users and enthusiasts to store massive volumes of data,

music and video with the enhanced reliability and great performance

of DiamondMax drives.

High Performance

The DiamondMax 11 SATA drive
supports native command queuing,
which intelligently reorders read
and write commands to improve
performance.

The large 16MB buffer delivers
industry-leading benchmarks and
blazing performance.

Serial ATA*

The DiamondMax 11 drive incorpo­rates the latest and fastest 3.0Gb/s
Serial ATA II interface, with data
transfer rates and functions to
accelerate system performance.

Parallel ATA

The DiamondMax 11 drive is also
available with the industry’s fastest
version of the parallel ATA interface.
The Maxtor-developed Ultra ATA/133
interface maximizes performance
by supporting data transfer rates
up to 133MB/sec.

RoHS Compliant

Maxtor supports the EU
directive for Restriction of
Hazardous Substances (RoHS)
RoHS-compliant versions of the
DiamondMax 11 drives are
available.

Reliability

The DiamondMax 11 drive uses
Maxtor’s latest mechanical platform
to deliver the highest capacities with
the best performance and reliability.
Reliability and data integrity are
enhanced with the Maxtor-developed
Shock Protection System and Data
Protection System.

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*Note Serial ATA features like native command queuing are not available on drives with a parallel interface

†Direc tive 200 2/95/EC of the European Parliame nt and of the Council of 27 J anuary, 2003.

ORDER INFORMATION

RoHS compliant version

Capacity 400GB 500GB

Model

Serial ATA (3.0Gb/s) 6H400F0 6H500F0

Model ATA/133 6H400R0 6H500R0

SPECIFICATIONS

Performance Specifications

Rotational Speed 7200 RPM

Buffer Size 16MB

External Data Transfer Rate(MB/sec)

Serial ATA 300

Parallel ATA 133

Average Seek (ms) <8.5

Average Latency (ms) 4.17

Reliability Specifications

Start/Stop Cycles (min) >50,000

Component Design Life (min) 5 years

Annualized Return Rate (ARR) <1%

Acoustics

Idle (avg, max) 3.1 / 3.2 bels

Performance Seek (avg, max) 3.5 / 3.6 bels

Enironmental Limits

Temperature

Operating (°C) 0 to 60

Non-operating (°C) -40 to 71

Shock

Operating Mechanical Shock 2ms (G) 63

Non-operating Mechanical Shock 2ms (G) 300

Physical Dimensions

Width (max mm) 101.6

Length (typical mm) 147

Height (max mm) 26.1

Weight max (LB) 1.58

SATA SATA
Power 3 Disk 4 Disk

Spinup (avg, watts) 28.7 29.7

Seek (avg, watts) 12.3 13.6

Idle (avg, watts) 7.0 8.1

Standby (avg, watts) 2.1 2.2

RoHS Compliant

For support or information, call us at 1-800-2Maxtor or visit us at www.maxtor.com

All Maxtor products are backed by our leading service and support staff.

Service includes:

• 24-hour on-line troubleshooting tools and email

• Maxtor’s commitment to total customer satisfaction

• Product support representatives available Monday-Friday

For purposes of measuring drive storage capacity, a gigabyte (GB) means 1,000,000,000 bytes.
Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. Seek times are at nominal conditions and include settling.

©2005 Maxtor Corporation. Maxtor, DiamondMax, What drives you and the Maxtor stylized logo are registered trademarks, and Shock Protection System and Data Protection System
are trademarks, of Maxtor Corporation. Other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. Actual product may vary from photo shown. Product specifications are subject
to change without notice. Maxtor Corporation, 500 McCarthy Boulevard, Milpitas, CA, 95035. DS-DM11-8/05-CL.

To speak with a Maxtor product support representative:

In the U.S. and Canada, call 1-800-2MAXTOR,
Mon.–Fri. from 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. (MST).

In Europe, call [phone]
Mon.–Thur. from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (GMT)
and Fri. 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (GMT)

In Australia, call 800-124-328

In Asia, call [phone]
Mon.–Fri. from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Singapore GMT +7)