C
HEETAH
15K.7 SAS P
RODUCT
M
ANUAL
, R
EV
. F
7
3.4
R
ELIABILITY
• 1,600,000 hour MTBF (Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) of 0.55%)
• Incorporates industry-standard Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.)
• 5-year warranty
3.5
F
ORMATTED CAPACITIES
Standard OEM models are formatted to 512 bytes per block. The block size is selectable at format time and must be one of
the supported sizes listed in the table below.
Seagate designs specify capacity points at certain block sizes that Seagate guarantees current and future products will
meet. We recommend customers use this capacity in their project planning, as it ensures a stable operating point with
backward and forward compatibility from generation to generation. The current guaranteed operating points for this product
are:
3.6
P
ROGRAMMABLE DRIVE CAPACITY
Using the Mode Select command, the drive can change its capacity to something less than maximum. See the Mode Select
(6) parameter list table in the
SAS Interface Manual
, part number 100293071. A value of zero in the Number of Blocks field
indicates that the drive will not change the capacity it is currently formatted to have. A number other than zero and less than
the maximum number of LBAs in the Number of Blocks field changes the total drive capacity to the value in the Number of
Blocks field. A value greater than the maximum number of LBAs is rounded down to the maximum capacity.
3.7
F
ACTORY
-
INSTALLED OPTIONS
You may order the following items which are incorporated at the manufacturing facility during production or packaged before
shipping. Some of the options available are (not an exhaustive list of possible options):
• Other capacities can be ordered depending on sparing scheme and sector size requested.
• Single-unit shipping pack. The drive is normally shipped in bulk packaging to provide maximum protection against transit
damage. Units shipped individually require additional protection as provided by the single unit shipping pack. Users plan-
ning single unit distribution should specify this option.
• The
Safety and Regulatory Agency Specifications
, part number 75789512, may be included with each standard OEM drive
shipped.
Table 1:
S
ECTOR
S
IZE
ST3600057SS
ST3600957SS
ST3600857SS
ST3450857SS
ST3450757SS
ST3450657SS
ST3300657FC
ST3300557FC
ST3300457SS
D
ECIMAL
H
EX
D
ECIMAL
H
EX
D
ECIMAL
H
EX
512
1,172,123,568
45DD2FB0
879,097,968
3465F870
585,937,500
22ECB25C
520
1,147,307,694
446286AE
860,480,771
3349E503
573,653,848
22314358
524
1,132,015,600
43792FF0
849,011,700
329AE3F4
566,007,800
21BC97F8
528
1,115,749,560
4280FCB8
836,812,167
31E0BD87
557,874,778
21407E5A
