Seagate ST8000VX000,ST6000VX000 Product Manual
Surveillance HDD
v2 SATA Product Manual
ST8000VX000
ST6000VX000
100758083, Rev. C
Gen 2 - October 2015
Document Revision History
Revision Date Description of Change
Rev. A 07/17/2014 Initial release.
Rev. B 09/09/2014 Page 12. (correction: “increase MTBF” to “decrease MTBF”)
All: Applied new page numbering format
FC & BC: Applied new Seagate Spiral logo
4: Revised Support URL’s
5: Added bullets - "Host aware, optimized for SMR performance and capable of ZAC command support"
*Supports up to 64 cameras
*Workload ratings of 180TB/year
*Supports "8+" drive bays
Delete bullet - *Number of drives supported in surveillance environment...
6: Added Section 1.2 to Zone Structure
7: Added: Case Temp max 70°C
Rev. C 10/14/2015
8: Added Rated Workload statement
15: Renamed Section 2.11 to "MTBF"
19: Added Temp Checkpoint & Revised Fastener Depth Penetration to “.14 max” in Mechanical Drawing
22: Added following commands and asterisk note ZAC Management In command template * - 4AH / 00H
ZAC Management Out command template * - 9FH / 01H, 02H, 03H, 04H
* For specific ZAC command reference refer to the following documentation:
T13 INCITS BSR 537, Zoned-device ATA Command Set (ZAC) (planned as ISO/IEC 17760-171)
23: Added Section 4.3.1 ZAC Supported Capabilities log page
24: Revised Words 69 to “Zoned ATA Feature support - 0001H” and 70–74 to “ATA-reserved - 0000H”
Deleted Index [no longer required]
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Contents
Seagate® Technology Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.1 About the SATA interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2 Zone Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.0 Drive Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1 Specification summary tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2 Formatted capacityy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.2.1 LBA mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.3 Recording and interface technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.4 Physical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.5 Seek time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.6 Start/stop times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.7 Power specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.7.1 Power consumption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.7.2 Conducted noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.7.3 Voltage tolerance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.7.4 Power-management modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.8 Environmental specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.8.1 Drive case temperature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.8.2 Ambient Temperature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.8.3 Temperature gradient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.8.4 Humidity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.8.5 Altitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.8.6 Shock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.8.7 Non-operating vibration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.9 Acoustics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.9.1 Test for Prominent Discrete Tones (PDTs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.10 Electromagnetic immunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.11 MTBF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.12 Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.13 Agency certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.13.1 Safety certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.13.2 Electromagnetic compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.13.3 FCC verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.14 Environmental protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.14.1 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.14.2 China Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.15 Corrosive environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.0 Configuring and Mounting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.2 Configuring the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.3 SATA cables and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.4 Drive mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.0 SATA Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.1 Hot-Plug compatibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.2 SATA device plug connector pin definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.3 Supported ATA commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.3.1 ZAC Supported Capabilities log page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.3.2 Identify Device command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.3.3 Set Features command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4.3.4 S.M.A.R.T. commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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Figures
Figure 1 Attaching SATA cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Figure 2 Mounting dimensions (8TB & 6TB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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1.0 Introduction
This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate® Surveillance HDD
model drives:
ST8000VX000 ST6000VX000
These drives provide the following key features:
• Host aware firmware designed to function using ZAC command set
• Reliability for 24×7 video surveillance applications
• Thermal monitoring and reporting for 24×7 operations
• Uncompromising reliability supports flexible surveillance design with case temperatures up to 70ºC
• Supports up to 64 cameras
• Workload ratings of 180TB/year
•Supports "8+" drive bays
• Performance-tuned for seamless video applications
• Built-in error recovery for non-stop video streaming
• Best-in-class acoustic performance means virtually silent operation
• Low-RPM spindle speed
• Low activity power
• Idle3 power mode support
• Supports ATA8 streaming commands
• 1M hour MTBF - designed for high write duty cycle across Surveillance HDD
• Streaming video optimization - consistent command completion times & ERC support across Surveillance HDD
• ATA AV Command support - streaming video command support across Surveillance HDD
• Transient power on management - <=2A spin-up current
• Rotational Vibration - mitigation of system level rotational vibration inside Surveillance HDD
• 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
• 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
1.1 About 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.
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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.
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 3.0”. The specification can be
downloaded from www.sata-io.org.
The host adapter may, optionally, emulate a master/slave environment to host software where two devices
Note
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.
1.2 Zone Structure
Surveillance HDD models use SMR (Singled 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 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.
Seagate Surveillance HDD Conventional Zone Structure
• There are 64 256Bi Conventional Zones. (ie. Not Singled)
• The conventional zone is located at the outer diameter and is 16GBi
• 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
• It is reported in Identify Device Data log 0x30 page 0x09
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
It is reported in identify device data log 0x30 page 0x0
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.org for ACS-4, T13/BSR INCIT 529 for command details.
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2.0 Drive 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:
ST8000VX000 ST6000VX000
2.1 Specification summary tables
The specifications listed in Table 1 are for quick reference. For details on specification measurement or definition, refer to
the appropriate section of this manual.
Table 1 Drive specifications summary for 8TB & 6TB models
Drive Specification* ST8000VX000 ST6000VX000
Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)** 8000GB (8TB) 6000GB (6TB)
Guaranteed sectors 15,628,053,168 11,721,045,168
Heads 12
Disks 6
Bytes per sector 512
Recording density (max) 1950 KFCI
Track density (avg) 435 Ktracks/in
Areal density (avg) 848 Gb/in
Internal data transfer rate (max) 1900 Mb/s
Maximum sustained data rate, OD read (MB/s) 190 MB/s
PIO modes: 0 to 4
ATA data-transfer modes supported
I/O data-transfer rate (max) 600MB/s
Cache buffer 128MB
Height (max) 26.1mm / 1.028 in
Width (max) 101.6mm /4.0 in (+
Length (max) 146.99mm / 5.787 in
Weight (typical) 780g / 1.72 lb
Average latency 5.5ms
Power-on to ready (max) 30.0s
Standby to ready (max) 25.0s
Average seek, read (typical)
Average seek, write (typical)
Startup current (typical) 12V 2.0A
Voltage tolerance (including noise)
Drive case temperature (max) 70°C
Ambient temperature (drive case temperature)
Temperature gradient
Relative humidity
Relative humidity gradient (max) 30% per hour
Wet bulb temperature (max)
Multiword DMA modes: 0 to 2
Ultra DMA modes 0 to 6
<12.0ms
<12.0ms
5V: ±5%
12V: ±10%
0° to 60°C (operating)
–40° to 70°C (non-operating)
20°C per hour max (operating)
30°C per hour max (nonoperating)
5% to 90% (operating)
5% to 95% (nonoperating)
30°C max (operating)
37.7°C max (nonoperating)
2
0.010 in)
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Table 1 Drive specifications summary for 8TB & 6TB models (continued)
Drive Specification* ST8000VX000 ST6000VX000
Altitude, operating
Altitude, non-operating
(below mean sea level, max)
–61m to 3048m
(–200 ft to 10,000 ft)
–61m to12,192m
(–200ft to 40,000+ ft)
Operational Shock (max) 70 read / 40 write Gs at 2ms
Non-Operational Shock (max) 300 Gs at 2ms
2Hz to 22Hz: 0.25 Gs, Limited displacement
Vibration, operating
22Hz to 350Hz: 0.50 Gs
350Hz to 500Hz: 0.25 Gs
5Hz to 22Hz: 3.0 Gs
Vibration, non-operating
22Hz to 350Hz: 3.0 Gs
350Hz to 500Hz: 3.0 Gs
Drive acoustics, sound power
Idle***
Seek
Non-recoverable read errors 1 per 10
2.5 bels (typical)
2.6 bels (max)
2.6 bels (typical)
2.8 bels (max)
14
bits read
Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) 1,000,000 hrs
Average rate of <180TB/year. The AFR specification for the drive assumes the I/O workload
Rated workload
does not 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 poweron 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:
Warrant y
http://www.seagate.com/support/warranty-and-replacements/
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.
Load/Unload cycles (25°C, 50% rel. humidity) 300,000 at 25°C, 50% rel. humidity
Supports Hotplug operation per the
Serial ATA Revision 3.0 specification
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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