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Drive specification
Formatted capacity (4096 bytes/sector)*: 2000GB
Guaranteed sectors: 3,907,029,168
Heads: 6
Disks: 3
Bytes per sector: 4096
Default sectors per track: 63
Default read/write heads: 16
Default cylinders: 16,383
Recording density (max): 1632kb/in
Track density (avg): 274 ktracks/in
Areal density (avg): 422Gb/in2
Spindle speed: 5900 RPM
Internal data transfer rate (max): 1928Mb/s
Sustained data transfer rate OD: 144MB/s
I/O data-transfer rate: 600MB/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: 64MB
Height (max): 26.1mm / 1.028 in
Width (max): 101.85mm / 4.0 in (± 0.010 in)
Length (max): 147.00mm / 5.78 in
Weight (typical): 635g / 1.39 lb
Average latency: 4.16ms
Power-on to ready (max): <17s
Standby to ready (max): <17s
Track-to-track seek time (typical): <1.0ms read; <1.2ms write
Average seek (typical): <12ms read; <13ms write
Startup current (typical): 12V (peak) 2.1A
Voltage tolerance (including noise): 5V ±5% 12V ±10%
Ambient temperature: 0° to 60°C (operating), –40° to 70°C (nonoperating)
Temperature gradient (max): 20°C per hour (operating), 30°C per hour (nonoperating)
Relative humidity: 5% to 90% (operating), 5% to 95% (nonoperating)
Relative humidity gradient (max) 30% per hour 30% per hour
Wet bulb temperature (max): 37.7°C (operating), 40.0°C (nonoperating)
Altitude, operating: –304.8m to 3,048m (–1000 ft. to 10,000+ ft.)
Altitude, nonoperating (below mean sea level, max): –304.8m to 12,192m (–1000 ft. to 40,000+ ft.)
Operational Shock (max): 80 Gs at 2ms
Non-Operational Shock (max): 300 Gs at 2ms
Vibration, operating: 5Hz–22Hz: 0.25 Gs,
Limited displacement
22Hz–350Hz: 0.50 Gs
350Hz–500Hz: 0.25 Gs
Vibration, nonoperating 5Hz–22Hz: 3.0 Gs
22Hz–350Hz: 3.0 Gs
350Hz–500Hz: 3.0 Gs
Drive acoustics, sound power:
Idle**: 2.1 bels (typical), 2.3 bels (max)
Seek: 2.4 bels (typical), 2.5 bels (max)
Nonrecoverable read errors: 1 per 10^14 bits read
Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 0.34% 0.34%
Load/Unload cycles: 300K at 25°C, 50% rel. humidity
Supports Hotplug operation per the Serial ATA Revision 3.0 specification: Yes