Introduction
When it comes to digital storage, you can’t have enough. Whether you download a lot of music, take a lot of pictures, or are a file hoarder, you know the GB’s can add up. Now-a-days, companies are offering large drives, and don’t make you sacrifice speed to do so. Seagate was one of the first to break the 1TB drive mark, and has always been on the cutting edge of drive size and performance. Seagate has sent us their latest Barracuda Low Power 2TB Hard Drive to see if it stacks up to the competition.
Specifications
| Model Number |
ST2000DL003 |
| Interface |
SATA 6Gb/s |
| Cache |
64MB |
| Capacity |
2TB |
| Areal density (avg) |
422Gb/in2 |
| Guaranteed Sectors |
3,907,029,168 |
| Height |
26.1mm (1.028 in) |
| Width |
101.6mm (4.0 in) |
| Length |
146.99mm (5.787 in) |
| Weight (typical) |
622g (1.371 lb) |
| Spin Speed (RPM) |
5900 RPM |
| Sustained data transfer rate |
144Mb/s |
| Average latency |
4.16ms |
| Random read seek time |
<12.0ms |
| Random write seek time |
<13.0ms |
| I/O data transfer rate |
600MB/s |
| Unrecoverable read errors |
1 in 1014 |
| 12V start max current |
2.0A |
| Average idle power |
4.5W |
| Average operating power |
5.8W |
| Operating |
0°–60°C |
| Nonoperating |
-40°–70°C |
| Maximum operating temperature change |
20°C per hour |
| Maximum nonoperating temperature change |
30°C per hour |
| Operating Shock (max) |
70 Gs for 2ms |
| Nonoperating Shock (max) |
300 Gs for 2ms |
| Acoustics (Idle Volume) |
2.1 bels |
| Acoustics (Seek Volume) |
2.3 bels |
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