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One gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion
bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on
operating environment and formatting. Quantitative usage examples for various applications
are for illustrative p urpo ses. Actual quan tities w ill vary based on vari ou s factors, including fi le
size, file format, features and application software. Seagate reserves the right to change,
without notice, product offerings or specifications.
• State-of-the-art cache and on-the-fly error-correction algorithms.
• Full-track multiple-sector transfer capability without local processor intervention.
• 900 Gs nonoperating shock and 350 Gs of operating shock.
• SeaTools diagnostic software performs a drive self-test that eliminates unnecessary drive returns.
• The 3D Defense System™, w hich in clu des Drive Defense , D at a Defen se and D iagnost ic Defense, offers the
industry’s most comprehensive protection for disc drives.
• Support for S.M.A.R.T. drive monitoring and reporting.
• Support for Read Multiple and Write Multiple commands.
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1.1About the Serial A TA 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 normally necessary to set
any jumpers 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 le gacy sof twar e suppo rt. S erial
ATA was designed to allow you to install a Serial ATA host adapter and Serial ATA disc drive in your current
system and expect all of your existing applications to work as normal.
The Serial ATA interface connects each disc drive in a point-to-point configuration with the S erial 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 ar e 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 cont ains a set of regi ste rs that sha dow the conte nt s of the trad i tional devi ce r egisters, referred to as the Shadow Register Block. All Serial ATA devices behave like Device 0 devices. For additional information about how Serial ATA emulates parallel ATA, refer to the “Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized
AT Attachment” specification. The specification can be downloaded from http://www.serialata.org.
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2.0Drive 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
ST9160821AS, ST9120822AS, ST9100828AS, ST980811AS, ST960813AS, and ST940814AS models.
2.1Specification summary table
The specifications listed in this table are for quick reference. For details on specification measurement or definition, see the appropriate section of this manual.
Guaranteed sectors312,581,808234,441,648195,371,568156,301,488117,210,24078,340,160
Bytes per sector512
Physical read/write heads433221
Discs222111
Cache (Mbytes)8
Recording density in BPI
(bits/inch max)
Track density TPI (tracks/inch max) 150k
Areal density (Gbits/inch2 max)132
Spindle speed (RPM)5,400
Internal transfer rate
(Mbits/sec max)
I/O data transfer rate
(Mbytes/sec max)
ATA data-transfer modes supported SATA 1.0, Serial ATA Revision 2.5
Height (max)9.5 +/- 0.2 mm (0.374 +/- .0078 inches)
Width (max)69.85 mm (2.75 +/- 0.0098 inches)
Length (max)100.50 +/- 0.25 mm (3.957 +/- 0.010 inches)
Weight (typical)100 grams (0.22 lb)96 grams (0.21 lb)
Average latency (msec)5.6
Power-on to ready (sec typical)3.0
Standby to ready (sec typical)3.0
Track-to-track seek time
Supports Hotplug operation per
Serial AT A Revision 2.5 specification
*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment
and formatting.
**During period s of driv e idle, some offline activity may occu r ac cor ding to th e S. M.A .R.T. s pe cif icati on, whi ch ma y in crease acoustic and
power to operational levels.
***Typical notebooks will pull power to th e drive when ente ring S3 and S4; while in the S3 and S4 states, dr ive sleep and drive standby
modes will not contribute to battery power consumption.
To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web
page:
www.seagate.com/support/service/
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 display
the warranty information for your drive.
Yes (requires COMPRESET from host after a hotplug event)
2.2Formatted ca pacity
ModelFormatted capacity*Guaranteed sectors Bytes per sector
*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating en viron ment
and formatting.
2.2.1LBA mode
When addressing these drives 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.
See Section 4.3.1, "Identify Device command" (words 60-61 and 100-103) for additional information about 48bit addressing support of drives with capacities over 137 Gbytes.
2.3Default logi cal geometr y
CylindersRead/write headsSectors per track
16,3831663
LBA mode
When addressing these drives 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.
InterfaceSerial ATA (SATA)
Recording methodPerpendicular
Recording density BPI (bits/inch max)870k
Track density TPI (tracks/inch max)150k
Areal density (Gbits/inch2 max)132
Spindle speed (RPM) (± 0.2%)5,400
Maximum Internal transfer rate (Mbits/sec)352
I/O data-transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max)150
Interleave1:1
Cache buffer8 Mbytes (8,192 kbytes)
2.6Physical characteristics
Drive specification
Height(mm)
(inches)
Width(mm)
(inches)
Length(mm)
(inches)
Typical weight
ST9160821AS
ST9120822AS
ST9100828AS
ST980811AS
ST960813AS
ST940814AS
9.5 +/-0.2
0.374 +/-0.0078
69.85 +/-0.25
2.75 +/-0.0098
100.50 +/-0.25
3.957 +/-0.010
100 grams
0.22 pounds
96 grams
0.21 pounds
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2.7Seek time
Seek measurem ent s a re t ake n wi th nom inal po w er a t 25 °C amb ient temperature. All times are measured usi ng
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 average of at least 5,000 measurements of seeks between
random tracks, less overhead.
Table 2: Typical seek times
T yp ical seek times (msec)Read Write
Track-to-track1.01.5
Average11.013.0
Full-stroke22.024.0
Average latency5.565.56
Note.These drives ar e de si gned to consisten tl y me et t he se ek t imes r epr esente d in thi s manu al. P hysical
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.
2.8Start/stop times
Time to readyTypical
Power-on to Ready (sec)3.08.0
St andby to Ready (sec)3.08.0
Max @ 25°C
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2.9Power specifications
The drive receives DC power (+5V) through a native SATA power connector.
2.9.1Power consumption
Power requiremen ts for the dr iv es are listed i n the ta ble on p age 8. Typical power measurements are ba sed on
an average of drives tested, under nominal conditions, at 25°C ambient temperature.
• Spinup power
Spinup power is measured from the time of power-on to the time that the drive spindle re aches operating speed.
• Seek mode
During seek mod e, the read /write actuator arm move s toward a spe cific positi on on the d isc surface and does
not execute a read or write operati on. Servo ele ctronics ar e acti ve. Seek mode power is mea sure d based on
three random seek operations every 100 msecs. This mode is not typical.
• Read/write power and current
Read/write power is measured with the heads on track, based on three 63 sector read or write operations
every 100 msecs.
• Idle mode power
Idle mode power is measured with the drive up to speed, with servo electronics active and with the heads in
a random track location.
• Standby mode
During Standby mode, the drive accepts commands, but the drive is not spinning, and the servo and read/
write electronics are in power-down model