Seagate ST3250318AS Barracuda 7200.12 Product Overview - Page 2

Barracuda® 7200.12 The industry's leading combination of capacity, performance and reliability To Learn More: Perpendicular Recording The Barracuda 7200.12 drive uses fourth-generation Seagate perpendicular magnetic recording technology to increase capacity and dependability by storing data bits vertically rather than horizontally. The Seagate Advantage By now the world knows that Seagate® Barracuda® 7200 drives, from the world's premier storage provider, deliver years of reliable service and high performance. This is a product family that has been strengthened and refined over 12 generations. It embodies the highest levels of reliability, performance and capacity. And this latest generation is a leader in environmentally friendly storage. The drive is available in capacities of 1 TB and 750 GB with 32-MB cache, 500 GB and 320 GB with 16-MB cache, and 250 GB and 160 GB with 8-MB cache. The Barracuda 7200.12 drive is an ideal choice for workstations, desktop RAID, gaming PCs, high-end PCs, mainstream PCs and USB/ FireWire/eSATA external storage. Advantages of Perpendicular Recording After years of pioneering research at Seagate, perpendicular recording is now a proven technology. It increases capacity and dependability by storing data vertically, rather than horizontally. And vertically stored data bits mean increased data density-which means higher performance to increase productivity. Specifications Capacity Interface Cache (MB) Sustained Data Rate (MB/s) Spindle Speed (RPM) Shock, Operating: 2 ms (Gs) Shock, Nonoperating: 1 ms (Gs) Acoustics, Idle (bels) Acoustics, Seek (bels) 1 TB, 750 GB, 500 GB, 320 GB, 250 GB and 160 GB SATA 3Gb/s NCQ 32 MB (1 TB, 750 GB) 16 MB (500 and 320 GB) 8 MB (250 and 160 GB) Up to 125 7200 70 300 (1 TB) 2.5 (1 TB) 2.7 (1 TB) Additional Features • Best-in-class environmental specifications and reliability features • Adaptive Fly Height offers consistent read/write performance from the beginning to the end of your computing workload. • Clean Sweep automatically calibrates your drive. • Enhanced G-Force Protection™ defends against handling damage. • Seagate SoftSonic™ motor enables ultra-quiet operation. The Eco-Friendly Choice The Barracuda 7200.12 drive delivers excellent power savings without sacrificing drive or system performance, giving customers the ability to manufacture eco-friendly PC systems and external storage systems that meet energy savings requirements. Seagate hard drives have long been produced with the environment in mind, and not just with low power consumption. With Seagate and the Barracuda 7200.12 drive, our customers can have the best of both worlds-top hard-drive performance and the satisfaction of knowing they are using a high-capacity drive with a very small eco-footprint. 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 Technology International 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, G-Force Protection and SoftSonic 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 registeredtrademarks 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. Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications. PO0082.2-0901US, January 2009