Pipeline HD
™
The industry’s leading combination of
video streaming and low-power performance
AMERICAS
Seagate Technology LLC
920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, California 95066, United States, 831-438-6550
ASIA/PACIFIC
Seagate Technology International Ltd.
7000 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5, Singapore 569877, 65-6485-3888
EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
Seagate Technology SAS
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Pipeline HD, SoftSonic 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. DS1693.1-0906US, June 2009
Specifications
1 TB
1
500 GB
1
320 GB
1
250 GB
1
160 GB
1
Model Number
ST31000322CS
2
ST3500312CS
2
,
ST3500321CS
3
ST3320311CS
2
,
ST3320310CS
3
ST3250312CS
2
ST3160316CS
2
,
ST3160310CS
3
Interface
SATA 3Gb/s
SATA 3Gb/s
SATA 3Gb/s
SATA 3Gb/s
SATA 3Gb/s
Performance
Cache, Multisegmented (MB)
8
8
8
8
8
SATA Data Transfer Rate (Gb/s, max)
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
Simultaneous SDTV Streams Supported (Assumes 256K host buffer per stream)
10
10
10
10
10
Simultaneous HDTV Streams Supported (Assumes 2-MB host buffer per stream)
10
10
10
10
10
Power-On to Ready (typical, sec)
<12
<6
2
, <12
3
<6
<6
<6
Standby to Ready (typical, sec)
<12
<6
2
, <12
3
<6
<6
<6
Maximum External Transfer Rate (MB/s)
300
300
300
300
300
Voltage
Voltage Tolerance (including noise)
5V ± 5%
12V ± 10%
5V ± 5%
12V ± 10%
5V ± 5%
12V ± 10%
5V ± 5%
12V ± 10%
5V ± 5%
12V ± 10%
Environmental
Halogen Free
Yes
Yes
2
, No
3
Yes
2
, No
3
Yes
Yes
2
, No
3
Ambient Temperature (°C)
Operating (ambient min)
Operating (drive case max)
Nonoperating (ambient min)
Nonoperating (ambient max)
0
75
–40
70
0
75
–40
70
0
75
–40
70
0
75
–40
70
0
75
–40
70
Temperature Gradient, Operating/Nonoperating (°C per hour max)
20/30
20/30
20/30
20/30
20/30
Relative Humidity, Operating/Nonoperating (non-condensing, %)
5 to 90/5 to 95
5 to 90/5 to 95
5 to 90/5 to 95
5 to 90/5 to 95
5 to 90/5 to 95
Web Bulb Temperature, Operating/Nonoperating (°C)
37.7/40.0
37.7/40.0
37.7/40.0
37.7/40.0
37.7/40.0
Shock
Operating: 2 ms (max, Gs)
Nonoperating: 1 ms (max, Gs)
70
350
70
350
2
, 300
3
70
350
70
350
70
350
Vibration, Operating
5-22 Hz (limited displacement) (Gs)
22-350 Hz (Gs)
350-500 Hz (Gs)
0.50
0.50
0.25
0.50
2
, 0.25
3
0.50
0.25
0.50
0.50
0.25
0.50
0.50
0.25
0.50
2
, 0.25
3
0.50
0.25
Vibration, Nonoperating
5-350 Hz (limited displacement) (Gs)
350-500 Hz (Gs)
5.00
1.00
5.00
1.00
5.00
1.00
5.00
1.00
5.00
1.00
Power Management
Startup Current (12 V typical, amps)
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
Consumer Storage Profile (W)
4.1
3.4
2
, 5.0
3
3.4
2
, 4.7
3
3.4
3.4
2
, 4.7
3
Idle Average (W)
3.8
3.0
2
, 4.3
3
3.0
3.0
3.0
Standby/Sleep Mode (typical, W)
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.7
0.57
Acoustics
PVR Profile (typical/max, bels)
2.1/2.4
1.9/2.0
2
, 2.1/2.4
3
1.9/2.0
2
, 1.9/2.1
3
1.9/2.0
1.9/2.0
2
, 1.9/2.1
3
Reliability
Nonrecoverable Read Errors per Bits Read
1 sector per 10E15
1 sector per 10E15
2
,
1 sector per 10E14
3
1 sector per 10E15
2
,
1 sector per 10E14
3
1 sector per 10E15
1 sector per 10E15
2
,
1 sector per 10E14
3
Annualized Failure Rate (AFR)
0.55%
0.55%
2
, 0.57%
3
0.55%
2
, 0.57%
3
0.55%
0.55%
2
, 0.57%
3
Contact Start-Stop Cycles (25°C, 50% relative humidity)
50,000
50,000
50,000
50,000
50,000
Dimensions
Height (mm/in, max)
26.1/1.028
20.0/0.795
2
,
26.1/1.028
3
20.0/0.795
20.0/0.795
20.0/0.795
Width (mm/in, max)
101.85/4.010
101.85/4.010
101.85/4.010
101.85/4.010
101.85/4.010
Depth (mm/in, max)
146.99/5.787
146.99/5.787
146.99/5.787
146.99/5.787
146.99/5.787
Weight (g/lb, max)
600/1.323
380/0.838
2
,
530/1.168
3
415/0.915
2
, 380/0.838
3
380/0.838
415/0.915
2
, 380/0.838
3
1 One gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity.
2 500-GB/disk model
3 320-GB/disk model
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