Seagate ST32000641AS Barracuda® XT Product Overview - Page 2

Barracuda® XT No compromise. Speed and capacity for high-performance desktop systems To Learn More: Perpendicular Recording The Barracuda XT drive uses fourth-generation Seagate perpendicular magnetic recording technology to increase capacity and dependability by storing data bits vertically rather than horizontally. Screaming Fast-With Plenty of Room to Grow! The new Barracuda XT hard drive from Seagate offers customers a compelling new storage choice for high-capacity, high-performance computing solutions. Unlike other available 2-TB solutions that run at 5400- or 5900-RPM speeds, the new Barracuda XT drive is built on a full-speed, 7200-RPM, 4-disk platform. Further turbocharged with a huge 64-MB cache and the industry's new, high-performance SATA 6Gb/s interface, the Barracuda XT drive is destined to set a new standard for high-speed desktop performance. High-definition content is driving the need for space and speed. Whether on the Internet, in a theater or erupting from a high-powered PC gaming rig, content is getting richer and proliferating around the world. The professionals who develop and produce this content and the consumers who enjoy it find themselves in need of more powerful computing systems to process and store this data. No longer do power users need to compromise when it comes to choosing capacity or speed; the Barracuda XT drive has it all! Discerning high-performance PC users, multimedia development professionals and power users in general will appreciate the capacity, performance and flexibility the Barracuda XT drive offers. Specifications Capacity Interface Sustained Data Rate (MB/s) Cache (MB) Spindle Speed (RPM) Acoustics, Idle (bels) Acoustics, Seek (bels) 2 TB SATA 6Gb/s NCQ, SATA 3Gb/s NCQ, SATA 1.5Gb/s NCQ Up to 138 64 7200 2.8 3.2 Think Green™ Sustainability At Seagate, we recognize the importance of building products with a philosophy of sustainability in mind. Business sustainability to deliver leading-edge products that meet customer's performance, reliability and time-tomarket needs helps keep them competitive. In addition, we strive to achieve these goals using environmentally sustainable processes. The Barracuda XT product does not compromise here either, but delivers leading capacity and performance in accordance with our Think Green programs for RoHS compliance and is an industry leader in advanced recycling programs: • 70 percent or more of the materials used in the manufacture of Barracuda XT drives are recyclable. • Up to 50 percent of the materials used in the manufacture of Barracuda XT drives come from recycled sources. Compatibility Barracuda XT hard drives feature the industry's newest high-speed SATA interface-SATA 6Gb/s. This provides customers the opportunity to maximize performance as the industry develops controllers, applications and associated architectures to fully exploit this increased interface speed. In addition, Barracuda XT drives are also fully compatible with legacy SATA 1.5Gb/s and SATA 3Gb/s interfaces, giving customers a future-proof hard drive with full backward compatibility. www.seagate.com 1-800-SEAGATE (1-800-732-4283) AMERICAS ASIA /PACIFIC EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA Seagate Technology LLC 920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, California 95066, United States, 831-438-6550 Seagate Singapore International Headquarters Pte. Ltd. 7000 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5, Singapore 569877, 65-6485-3888 Seagate Technology SAS 130-136, rue de Silly, 92773 Boulogne-Billancourt Cedex, France, 33 1-41 86 10 00 Copyright © 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Printed in USA. Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. Barracuda, SeaTools and Think Green are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its affiliated companies in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. When referring to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion bytes. Your computer's operating system may use a different standard of measurement and report a lower capacity. In addition, some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions, and thus will not be available for data storage. Quantitative usage examples for various applications are for illustrative purposes. Actual quantities will vary based on various factors, including file size, file format, features and application software. Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications. PO0090.2-0909US, September 2009