Western Digital Raptor WD740GD |
Performance Specifications |
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Rotational Speed |
10,000 RPM (nominal) |
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Buffer Size |
8 MB |
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Average Latency |
2.99 ms (nominal) |
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Contact Start/Stop Cycles |
20,000 minimum |
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Seek Times |
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Read Seek Time |
4.5 ms |
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Write Seek Time |
5.9 ms (average) |
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Track-To-Track Seek Time |
0.6 ms (average) |
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Full Stroke Seek |
10.2 ms (average) |
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Transfer Rates |
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Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) |
1.5 Gb/s (Max) |
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Buffer To Disk |
72 MB/s (Sustained) |
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Recommended Configuration Parameters |
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Number of Heads (Physical) |
4 |
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Physical Specifications |
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Formatted Capacity |
74,356 MB |
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Capacity |
74 GB |
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Interface |
SATA 150 MB/s |
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Actuator Type |
Rotary Voice Coil |
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Number of Platters |
2 |
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Bytes Per Sector |
512 |
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User Sectors Per Drive |
145,226,112 |
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Servo Type |
Embedded |
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Physical Dimensions |
English |
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Height |
1.028 Inches (Max) |
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Length |
5.787 Inches (Max) |
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Width |
4.00 Inches (+/- 0.010 inch) |
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Weight |
1.60 Pounds (+/- .10 lb) |
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Metric |
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Height |
26.1 mm (Max) |
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Length |
147 mm (Max) |
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Width |
101.6 mm |
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Weight |
0.73 kg (+/- .082 kg) |
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Environmental
Specifications |
Shock |
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Operating Shock (Read) |
65G, 2 ms |
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Non-operating Shock |
250G, 2 ms |
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Acoustics |
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Idle Mode |
32 dBA (average) |
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Seek Mode 0 |
36 dBA (average) |
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Temperature (English) |
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Operating |
41°F to 131°F |
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Non-operating |
-40°F to 149°F |
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Temperature (Metric) |
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Operating |
5°C to 55°C |
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Non-operating |
-40°C to 65°C |
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Humidity |
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Operating |
5-95% RH non-condensing |
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Non-operating |
5-95% RH non-condensing |
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Altitude (English) |
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Operating |
-1,000 feet to 10,000 feet |
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Non-operating |
-1,000 feet to 40,000 feet |
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Altitude (Metric) |
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Operating |
-305M to 3,050M |
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Non-operating |
-305M to 12,200M |
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Vibration |
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Operating |
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Linear |
10-300 Hz, 3.0G (0 to peak) |
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Random |
10-300 Hz, 0.008 g2 / Hz |
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Non-operating |
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Low Frequency |
5-20 Hz, 0.195 inches (double amplitude) |
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High Frequency |
10-300 Hz, 5.0G (0 to peak) |
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Electrical Specifications |
Current Requirements |
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12 VDC |
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Read/Write |
349 mA |
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Idle |
338 mA |
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Standby |
15.9 mA |
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Sleep |
16 mA |
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5 VDC |
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Read/Write |
706 mA |
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Idle |
770 mA |
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Standby |
314 mA |
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Sleep |
184 mA |
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Power Dissipation |
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Read/Write |
8.40 Watts |
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Idle |
7.90 Watts |
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Standby |
1.76 Watts |
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Sleep |
1.11 Watts |