The Seagate Advantage
By now the world knows that Seagate
®
Barracuda
®
7200 drives, from the world’s premier
storage provider, deliver years of reliable service
and high performance. This is a product family
that has been strengthened and refined over
12 generations. It embodies the highest levels
of reliability, performance and capacity. And this
latest generation is a leader in environmentally
friendly storage.
The drive is available in capacities of 1 TB and 750
GB with 32-MB cache, 500 GB and 320 GB with
16-MB cache, and 250 GB and 160 GB with 8-MB
cache. The Barracuda 7200.12 drive is an ideal
choice for workstations, desktop RAID, gaming
PCs, high-end PCs, mainstream PCs and USB/
FireWire/eSATA external storage.
Advantages of Perpendicular Recording
After years of pioneering research at
Seagate, perpendicular recording is now a
proven technology. It increases capacity and
dependability by storing data vertically, rather
than horizontally. And vertically stored data bits
mean increased data density—which means
higher performance to increase productivity.
Specifications
Capacity
1 TB, 750 GB, 500 GB, 320 GB, 250 GB
and 160 GB
Interface
SATA 3Gb/s NCQ
Cache (MB)
32 MB (1 TB, 750 GB)
16 MB (500 and 320 GB)
8 MB (250 and 160 GB)
Sustained Data Rate (MB/s)
Up to 125
Spindle Speed (RPM)
7200
Shock, Operating: 2 ms (Gs)
70
Shock, Nonoperating: 1 ms (Gs)
300 (1 TB)
Acoustics, Idle (bels)
2.5 (1 TB)
Acoustics, Seek (bels)
2.7 (1 TB)
Barracuda
®
7200.12
The industry’s leading combination
of capacity, performance and reliability
AMERICAS
Seagate Technology LLC 920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, California 95066, United States, 831-438-6550
ASIA/PACIFIC
Seagate Technology International Ltd. 7000 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5, Singapore 569877, 65-6485-3888
EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
Seagate Technology SAS 130-136, rue de Silly, 92773 Boulogne-Billancourt Cedex, France, 33 1-41 86 10 00
Copyright © 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Printed in USA. Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. Barracuda,
G-Force Protection and SoftSonic are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its affiliated companies in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks or registeredtrademarks
are the property of their respective owners. When referring to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion bytes. Your computer’s operating system may use a different
standard of measurement and report a lower capacity. In addition, some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions, and thus will not be available for data storage. Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice,
product offerings or specifications. PO0082.2-0901US, January 2009
Additional Features
•
Best-in-class environmental specifications and
reliability features
•
Adaptive Fly Height offers consistent read/write
performance from the beginning to the end of
your computing workload.
•
Clean Sweep automatically calibrates your
drive.
•
Enhanced G-Force Protection™ defends
against handling damage.
•
Seagate SoftSonic™ motor enables ultra-quiet
operation.
The Eco-Friendly Choice
The Barracuda 7200.12 drive delivers excellent
power savings without sacrificing drive or
system performance, giving customers the
ability to manufacture eco-friendly PC systems
and external storage systems that meet energy
savings requirements.
Seagate hard drives have long been produced
with the environment in mind, and not just with
low power consumption. With Seagate and the
Barracuda 7200.12 drive, our customers can
have the best of both worlds—top hard-drive
performance and the satisfaction of knowing they
are using a high-capacity drive with a very small
eco-footprint.
www.seagate.com
1-800-SEAGATE (1-800-732-4283)
To Learn More:
Perpendicular
Recording
The Barracuda 7200.12
drive uses fourth-generation
Seagate perpendicular
magnetic recording
technology to increase
capacity and dependability
by storing data bits vertically
rather than horizontally.
