Hard disk drives are today's fastest permanent storage media and have a large capacity. For this two reasons they are the most used storage medium in computers and servers. When buying a new hard disk, there are three important things to consider: - The connection of the disk to the computer or other device you will be using it with has a big influence on the speed with which data can be read from/written to the disk. Make sure the connection of the disk you buy is compatible with your computer! - The rotational speed is also important for the speed with which data can be read from/written to the disk and determines the time it takes to find a file on the disk. - Last but not least, the storage capacity of the disk, i.e. the amount of data that can be stored on the disk.
Key features: - Serial ATA 3.0 Gbps Interface Support. - SATA Native Command Queuing Feature. - Device Initiated SATA Power Management. - Staggerd Spin-up Support. - High Speed Dual DSP Based Architecture. - ATA S.M.A.R.T Compliant. - ATA Automatic Acoustic Management Feature. - ATA 48-bit Address Feature. - ATA Device Configuration Overlay Feature. - SilentSeek. - ImpacGuard.
Specs
Alternatives
Options
Disk drive
Internal
The device is built in, or needs to be built in (Yes/No). No, means that the device is connected externally via wire or wireless.
Hard disk rotational speed
The rotational speed of a hard disk expressed in rotations per minute. The faster the better.
7200 RPM
Hard disk drive capacity
The maximum storage capacity of the hard disk in gigabyte (1 GB = 1 billion bytes).
500 GB
Average latency
The average duration before a device can start with a job (for example reading a file from a hard disk).
4.17 ms
Track to track seek time (read/write)
0.8 ms
Hard disk interface
Serial ATA II
Drive device, buffer size
16 MB
Hard disk average seek time
8.9 ms
Hard disk size
3.5 "
Full stroke seek
The “full stroke seek” is the time required to travel from the first to the last track of the disk.
18 ms
Drive ready time
10 s
Bytes per sector
512
Disk drive
Start/stop cycles
50000
Sound emission
Acoustic pressure emissions
Level of sound pressure per ISO 9614-1; expressed in decibels
2.4 dB
Endurance
Mean time between failures (MTBF)
Statistical model used to indicate product/mechanism reliability; expressed in hours and percentage of duty cycle. This number (in hours) does not indicate the mean time before failure for a single unit/mechanism
600000 h
Environmental conditions
Operating shock
Environmental requirements for optimal protection from impact in operating mode
63 G
Operating temperature range (T-T)
0 - 60 °C
Storage temperature range (T-T)
-40 - 70 °C
Non-operating shock
Environmental requirements for optimal protection from impact in non-operating mode
300 G
Storage humidity
5 - 95 %
Operating humidity range
5 - 90 %
Operating altitude
0 - 3000 m
Non-operating altitude
0 - 12000 m
Energy management
Power requirements
+5V; +12V
Power consumption
Amount of power consumed by this model; expressed in watts. Typical values that manufacturers give are power consumption when off, standby/suspended mode, typical use, maximum usage.
