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Western Digital Raptor WD740GD


Author:  Tyler Curry
Date:  2005.11.21
Topic:  Storage
Provider:  Western Digital
Manufacturer:  Western Digital

 

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