Seagate 15K.3 - Cheetah - Hard Drive, Product Manual

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28 Cheetah 15K.3 SCSI Product Manual, Rev. G
ST318453
For drives using single-ended interface circuits, typical power dissipation under idle conditions is 9.1 watts
(31.1 BTUs per hour).
For drives using low voltage differential interface circuits, typical power dissipation under idle conditions is 9.3
watts (31.7 BTUs per hour).
To obtain operating power for typical random read operations, refer to the following two I/O rate curves (see
Figures 12 and 13). Locate the typical I/O rate for a drive in your system on the horizontal axis and read the
corresp5 volt current, +12 volt current, and total watts on the vertical axis. To calculate BTUs per hour,
multiply watts by 3.4123.
Figure 12. ST318453 DC current and power vs. IOPS (SE)
Figure 13. ST318453 DC current and power vs. IOPS (LVD)
ST318453LC DC CURRENT/POWER vs THROUGHPUT (SE)
Random 8 Block Reads
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ST318453LC DC CURRENT/POWER vs THROUGHPUT (LVD)
Random 8 Block Reads
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