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Seagate Archive HDD Product Manual, Rev. A 4
1.0Introduction
This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate® Archive HDD
model drives:
Standard model
ST8000AS0022
Note
These drives provide the following key features:
• Host aware, optimized for SMR performance and capable of ZAC command support
• High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 600MB per second).
• Streaming video optimization - consistent command completion times & ERC support
• Idle3 power mode support
• TGMR recording technology provides the drives with increased areal density.
• State-of-the-art cache and on-the-fly error-correction algorithms.
• Native Command Queuing with command ordering to increase performance in demanding applications.
• Full-track multiple-sector transfer capability without local processor intervention.
• Seagate AcuTrac™ servo technology delivers dependable performance, even with hard drive track widths of only 75
nanometers.
• Seagate SmartAlign™ technology provides a simple, transparent migration to Advanced Format 4K sectors
•Quiet operation.
• Compliant with RoHS requirements in China and Europe.
• SeaTools diagnostic software performs a drive self-test that eliminates unnecessary drive returns.
• Support for S.M.A.R.T. drive monitoring and reporting.
• Supports latching SATA cables and connectors.
• Worldwide Name (WWN) capability uniquely identifies the drive.
Previous generations of Seagate Self-Encrypting Drive models were called Full Disk Encryption (FDE) models
before a differentiation between drive-based encryption and other forms of encryption was necessary.
1.1About the SATA interface
The Serial ATA (SATA) 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 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, SATA makes the transition from parallel ATA easy by providing legacy software support. SATA was designed to
allow users to install a SATA host adapter and SATA disk drive in the current system and expect all of the existing
applications to work as normal.
The SATA interface connects each disk drive in a point-to-point configuration with the SATA host adapter. There is no
master/slave relationship with SATA devices like there is with parallel ATA. If two drives are attached on one SATA 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.
The SATA 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.
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The SATA host adapter contains a set of registers that shadow the contents of the traditional device registers, referred to as
the Shadow Register Block. All SATA devices behave like Device 0 devices. For additional information about how SATA
emulates parallel ATA, refer to the “Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 3.2”. The specification can be
downloaded from www.sata-io.or
The host adapter may, optionally, emulate a master/slave environment to host software where two
Note
devices on separate SATA 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 SATA environment.
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1.2Zone Structure
Archive HDD models use SMR (Shingled Magnetic Recording Technology), physically formatted containing two types of
zones. 64 “Conventional Zones” which are not associated with write pointer, and the media is non-SMR and 29808
Sequential Write preferred Zones which are SMR media. For the sequential write referred zones there is a write pointer to
indicated preferred write location. For the conventional zone writes can occur randomly for any block size. New
commands which report zonal structure, resetting zonal write pointers, as well as managing zonal properties are available
for sequential write preferred zones through ZAC commands.
Archive HDD Conventional Zone Structure
•There are 64 256 MiB Conventional Zones. (ie. Not Shingled)
•The conventional zone is located at the outer diameter and is 16GB.
•Sequential Read and Writes to this zones will perform at similar data rates.
•Random Write commands can be issued in any order without any performance delay.
•Zone designed specifically for random writes data. For example: logs and meta data.
There are 29808 Sequential Write Zones
•Each zone is 2e19 logical blocks in size or 256 MiB each.
•Each zone is a shingled zone.
•To achieve best performance use of ZAC commands is required.
•Re-setting write pointers for each zone is required before reuse.
Optimal number of open sequential write preferred zones
•Advised - the largest number of zones that should be open for best performance, is reported in Identify Device Data
log 0x30 page 0x00h
Optimal number of non-sequentially written sequential write preferred zones
•Advised - the largest number of write preferred zones that should be randomly written for best performance, is
reported in identify device data log 0x30 page 0x00h
T-13 standards define the new ZAC commands; REPORT ZONES EXT to query the drive on what zones exist and their
current condition, RESET WRITE POINTER EXT to reset the write pointers, OPEN ZONE EXT, CLOSE ZONE EXT, and FINISH
ZONE EXT to Open, Close, and Finish zones. To achieve optimal performance, an SMR-aware Host driver will need to write
sequentially to all sequential write referred zones.
See the T13 Web Site at http://www.t13.or
g for ACS-4, T13/BSR INCIT 529 for command details.
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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 following drive models:
Standard model
ST8000AS0022
Specification summary tables
The specifications listed in
the appropriate section of this manual.
Supports hotplug operation per the
Serial ATA Revision 3.2 specification
exceed the average annualized workload rate limit of 180TB/year. Workloads exceeding the
annualized rate may degrade the drive AFR and impact product reliability. The average annualized
workload rate limit is in units of TB per year, or TB per 8760 power-on hours. Workload rate limit = TB
transferred × (8760/recorded power-on hours).
To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web page:
http://www.sea
From this page, click on “Is my Drive under Warranty”. Users 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 the drive.
gate.com/support/warranty-and-replacements/
2Hz to 22Hz: 0.25 Gs, Limited displacement
–61m to 12,192m
(–200ft to 40,000+ ft)
22Hz to 350Hz: 0.50 Gs
350Hz to 500Hz: 0.25 Gs
2.7 bels (typical)
2.8 bels (max)
2.8 bels (typical)
2.9 bels (max)
^
15 bits read
Yes
*All specifications above are based on native configurations.
** One GB equals one billion bytes and 1TB equals one trillion 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.
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2.1Formatted capacity
ModelFormatted capacity*Guaranteed sectors Bytes per sector
ST8000AS00228000GB15,628,053,168512
*One GB equals one billion bytes and 1TB equals one trillion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on
operating environment and formatting.
2.1.1 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.
See Section 4.3.2, "Identify Device command" (words 60-61 and 100-103) for additional information about 48-bit
addressing support of drives with capacities over 137GB.
2.2Default logical geometry
• Cylinders: 16,383
• Read/write heads: 16
• Sectors per track: 63
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.
2.3Recording and interface technology
Interface
Recording methodTGMR
Recording density (KFCI)1950
Track density (Ktracks/inch avg)435
Areal density (Gb/in
2
)848
Internal data transfer rate (Mb/s max)1900
Maximum sustained data transfer rate, OD read (MB/s) 190
I/O data-transfer rate (MB/s max)600
SATA
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2.4Physical characteristics
Maximum height 26.11mm / 1.028 in
Maximum width 101.6mm / 4.0 in (± 0.010 in)
Maximum length 146.99mm / 5.787 in
Typical weight780g / 1.72 lb
Cache buffer128MB
2.5Seek 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 average of at least 5000 measurements of seeks between random tracks,
less overhead.
Typical seek times (ms)Read Write
Track-to-track1.01.2
Average<12.0
Average latency5.5
These drives are designed to consistently meet the seek times represented in this manual. Physical seeks, regardless
Note
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.
2.6Start/stop times
The start/stop times are listed below.
Power-on to ready
(in seconds)
Standby to ready
(in seconds)
Ready to spindle stop
(in seconds)
Time-to-ready may be longer than normal if the drive power is removed without going through normal OS powerdown
procedures.
30 (max)
30 (max)
12 (max)
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