Seagate Enterprise Performance 10K HDD v9 Product Manual, Rev. D (Draft 2)
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• Support for SAS expanders and fanout adapters
• Supports up to 32 initiators
• T10 Fast Format supported (see Section 4.2.2)
• TurboBoost 16GB read cache 512E/4Kn only
• User-selectable logical block sizes for 4096 native models (4096, 4160 or 4224 bytes per logical block)
• User-selectable logical block sizes for 512 emulation and native models (512, 520 or 528 bytes per logical block)
• Vertical, horizontal, or top down mounting
• Zone bit recording (ZBR)
Seagate Enterprise Performance 10K HDD Self-Encrypting Drive models have the following additional features:
• 32 independent data bands
• Authenticated firmware download
• Automatic data encryption/decryption
• Controlled access
• Cryptographic erase of user data for a drive that will be repurposed or scrapped
• Drive locking
• Random number generator
3.2
Media description
The media used on the drive has an glass substrate coated with a thin film magnetic material, overcoated with a proprietary
protective layer for improved durability and environmental protection.
3.3
Performance
• 10.5K RPM spindle. Average latency = 2.9ms
• 1200MB/s maximum instantaneous data transfers.
• Adaptive seek velocity; improved seek performance
• Background processing of queue
• Firmware-controlled multisegmented cache designed to dynamically adjust segments for enhanced system performance
• Supports start and stop commands (spindle stops spinning)
3.4
Formatted capacities
Standard OEM models are formatted to 512 bytes per block for 512 emulation and native drives and 4096 bytes per block for 4096
native drives. The block size is selectable at format time. Supported block sizes are 512, 520 and 528 for 512 emulation and native
drives and 4096, 4160 and 4224 for 4096 native drives. Users having the necessary equipment may modify the data block size before
issuing a format command and obtain different formatted capacities than those listed.
To provide a stable target capacity environment and at the same time provide users with flexibility if they choose, Seagate
recommends product planning in one of two modes:
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 shown below.
Note
There is no significant performance difference between Self-Encrypting
Drive and standard (non-Self-Encrypting Drive) models.
