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.
