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ERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
This section provides detailed information concerning performance-related characteristics and features of Constellation ES.3 drives.
4.1
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NTERNAL DRIVE CHARACTERISTICS
ST4000NM0023
ST3000NM0023
ST2000NM0023
ST1000NM0023
ST4000NM0043
ST3000NM0043
ST2000NM0043
ST1000NM0043
ST4000NM0063
ST3000NM0063
ST2000NM0063
ST1000NM0063
Drive capacity
4TB
3TB
2TB
1TB
(fomatted, rounded off value)
Read/write data heads
10
8
5
3
Bytes/track
1,668,096
Bytes (average, rounded off values)
Bytes/surface
400,000
MB (unfomatted, rounded off values)
Tracks/surface (total)
320,800
Tracks (user accessible)
Tracks/in
305,000
TPI (average)
Peak bits/in
1,904,000
BPI
Areal density
578
Gb/in2
Internal data rate
2210
Mb/s (max)
Disk rotation speed
7200
RPM
Avg rotational latency
4.16
ms
4.1.1
Format command execution time for 512-byte sectors (minutes)
4TB models
3TB models
2TB models
1TB models
Maximum (with verify)
917
693
456
263
Maximum (without verify)
455
347
228
132
Execution time measured from receipt of the last byte of the Command Descriptor Block (CDB) to the request for a Status Byte Transfer
to the Initiator (excluding connect/disconnect).
When changing sector sizes, the format times shown above may need to be increased by 30 minutes.
4.1.2
General performance characteristics
Minimum sector interleave
1 to 1
Maximum Internal data rate*
2.21 Gb/s
Sustained transfer rate
83 to 175 MB/s **
SAS Interface maximum instantaneous transfer rate
600MB/s* per port
(dual port = 1200MB/s*)
Logical block sizes
512 (default), 520 or 528.
Read/write consecutive sectors on a track
Yes
Flaw reallocation performance impact (for flaws reallocated at format time using the
spare sectors per sparing zone reallocation scheme.)
Negligible
Average rotational latency
4.16ms
*Assumes no errors and no relocated logical blocks. Rate measured from the start of the first logical block transfer to or
from the host.