Seagate Barracuda 250GB SATA Hard Drive ST3250820AS
|
Capacity: 250GB
Spindle Speed: 7,200RPM
Interface Type: SATA
Disk Size: 3.5″x1.0″ (LFF Hard Drive)
Sustained Throughput (MBps): 65
Average Seek Time (read/write ms): 8 / 9
Electrical Interface Speed: SATA 300 – 3.0Gbps
On-Board Cache: 8MB
|
Key Features and Benefits
- Broad range of capacities, from 200 GB to 750 GB, the highest in the INDUSTRY

- Available interfaces: SATA 3Gb/s, SATA 1.5Gb/s or Parallel ATA/100
- Perpendicular recording TECHNOLOGY
for maximum drive capacity and reliability
- 8- and 16-MB cache buffer options
- Ultra-fast performance
- Superb reliability
- Whisper-quiet operation
- Enhanced G-Force Protection against handling damage
- 78 MB/s maximum sustained data transfer rate
- Clean Sweep calibration and Directed Offline scan diagnostics
- RoHS (restriction of hazardous substances) compliant
- 5-year warranty
Applications
- Gaming PCs
- Workstations
- High-end PCs
- Desktop RAID
- Mainstream PCs
- xATA servers
- USB/FireWire/eSATA external storage
Compatibility
|
|
|
Drive specification
|
ST3250820AS
|
ST3250623AS
|
ST3200826AS
|
Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/SECTOR )*
|
250
|
200
|
Guaranteed SECTORS
|
488,397,168
|
390,721,968
|
Bytes per SECTOR
|
512
|
Default SECTORS per track
|
63
|
Default read/write heads
|
16
|
Default cylinders
|
16,383
|
Recording density in BPI (bits/inch max)
|
763,000
|
Track density TPI (tracks/inch avg)
|
120,000
|
Areal density (Mbits/inch2 avg)
|
91,560
|
Spindle speed (RPM)
|
7,200
|
Internal data transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max)
|
95
|
Sustained transfer rate OD (Mbytes/sec)
|
65
|
I/O data transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max)
|
150
|
ATA data-transfer modes supported
|
PIO modes 0–4Multiword DMA modes 0–2Ultra DMA modes 0–6
|
SATA data-transfer modes supported
|
1.5 Gbits/sec
|
Cache buffer
|
8 Mbytes
|
16 Mbytes
|
8 Mbytes
|
Height (max)
|
26.11 mm (1.028 inches)
|
Width (max)
|
101.85 mm (4.010 inches)
|
Length (max)
|
146.99 mm (5.787 inches)
|
Weight (max) grams / lb.
|
635 / 1.39
|
Average latency (msec)
|
4.16
|
Power-on to ready (typical)
|
10 sec
|
Standby to ready (typical)
|
10 sec
|
Track-to-track seek time (msec typical)
|
0.8 (read), 1.0 (write)
|
Average seek, read (msec typical)
|
8.0
|
Average seek, write (msec typical)
|
9.0
|
Startup current (typical) 12V (peak)
|
2.8 amps
|
Seek power (typical) watts
|
9.9
|
Operating power (typical) watts
|
9.2
|
Idle mode (typical) watts
|
7.2
|
Standby mode (typical) watts
|
1.2
|
Sleep mode
|
1.2
|
Voltage tolerance
(including noise)
|
5V ± 5%
12V ± 10%
|
Ambient temperature
|
0° to 60°C (op.)
–40° to 70°C (nonop.)
|
Temperature gradient
(°C per hour max)
|
20°C (operating)
30°C (nonoperating)
|
Relative humidity
|
5% to 90% (operating)
5% to 95% (nonoperating)
|
Relative humidity gradient
|
30% per hour max
|
Wet bulb temperature(°C max)
|
37.7 (operating)
40.0 (nonoperating)
|
Altitude, operating
|
–60.96 m to 3,048 m
(–200 ft to 10,000+ ft)
|
Altitude, nonoperating (meters below mean sea level, max)
|
–60.96 m to 12,192 m
(–200 ft to 40,000+ ft)
|
Shock, operating (max at 2 msec)
|
63 Gs
|
Shock, nonoperating (max at 2 msec)
|
300 Gs
|
Vibration, operating
|
5–22 Hz: Limited displacement
23–350 Hz: 0.5 G acceleration
|
Vibration, nonoperating
|
5–22 Hz: Limited displacement
23–350 Hz: 5 Gs acceleration
|
Drive acoustics, sound power (bels)
|
Idle**
|
2.8 (typical)
3.4 (max)
|
Performance seek
|
3.7 (typical)3.9 (max)
|
Nonrecoverable read errors
|
1 per 1014 bits read
|
Annualized Failure Rate (AFR)
|
0.34%
|
Service life
|
5 Years
|
Contact start-stop cycles(25°C, 50% relative humidity)
|
50,000
|
Supports Hotplug operation per SATA II specification
|
Yes
|
|
There are no reviews yet.