Seagate SkyHawk Product Manual, Rev. B
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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:
2.1
Specification summary tables
The specifications listed in
For details on specification measurement or definition, refer to the appropriate section of this manual. .
SkyHawk models
ST6000VX001
ST3000VX009
Table 1
Drive specifications summary for 6TB & 3TB model
Drive Specification*
ST6000VX001
ST3000VX009
Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)**
6000GB (6TB)
3000GB (3TB)
Guaranteed sectors
11,721,045,168
5,860,533,168
Heads
8
4
Disks
4
2
Bytes per sector (emulated at 512-byte sectors)
4096 (physical)
Default sectors per track
63
Default read/write heads
16
Default cylinders
16,383
Recording density (max)
2294 kB/in
Track density (avg)
540 ktracks/in
Areal density (avg)
1203 Gb/in
2
SATA interface transfer rate
600 MB/s
Maximum data transfer rate
185 MB/s
ATA data-transfer modes supported
PIO modes: 0 to 4
Multiword DMA modes: 0 to 2
Ultra DMA modes 0 to 6
Cache buffer
256MB
Height (max)
26.1mm / 1.028 in
20.20mm / 0.795 in
Width (max)
101.6mm (± 0.25) / 4.0 in (± 0.010)
Length (max)
146.99mm / 5.787 in
Weight (typical)
610g / 1.345 lb
490g / 1.08 lb
Average latency
6.0 ms
Power-on to ready (typ)
15.0s
10.0s
Standby to ready (typ)
15.0s
10.0s
Startup current (typical) 12V
1.8A
Voltage tolerance (including noise)
5V ±5%
12V ±10%
Non-Operating (Ambient °C)
–40° to 70°
Operating ambient temperature (min °C)
#
0°
Operating temperature (drive case max °C)
70°
†
Temperature gradient
20°C per hour max (operating)
30°C per hour max (non-operating)
Relative humidity
5% to 90% (operating)
5% to 95% (non-operating)
Relative humidity gradient (max)
30% per hour