Seagate Enterprise Performance 10K HDD v9 Product Manual, Rev. D (Draft 2)
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4.0
Performance characteristics
This section provides detailed information concerning performance-related characteristics and features of Seagate Enterprise
Performance 10K HDD drives.
4.1
Internal drive characteristics
2400GB
1800GB
1200GB
600GB
Models
Sector size
4KN or 512E
4KN or 512E
4KN or 512E / 512N
4KN or 512E / 512N
Drive capacity
2.4TB
1.8TB
1.2TB
0.6TB
GB (formatted, rounded off value)
Read/write data heads
8
6
4
2
Bytes per track
1261
1261
1261 / 1168
1261 / 1168
Kbytes (avg, rounded off values)
Bytes per surface
300,016
300,016
300,016
300,016
MB (unformatted, rounded off value)
Tracks per surface (total)
249
249
249
249
Ktracks (user accessible, rounded off values)
Tracks per inch
342
342
342 / 369
342 / 369
KTPI (avg, rounded off values)
Peak bits per inch
2460
2460
2460
2460
Kb/in
Areal density
841
841
841 / 908
841 / 908
Gb/in2
Disk rotation speed
10.5K
10.5K
10.5K
10.5K
rpm
Avg rotational latency
2.9
2.9
2.9
2.9
ms
4.2
Performance characteristics
4.2.1
Format command execution time (minutes)
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.
2400GB models
1800GB models
1200GB models
600GB models
Maximum (with verify)
420
320
220
120
Maximum (without verify)
210
160
110
60