Seagate ST32000641AS - Barracuda XT 2 TB Hard Drive User manual

2 TB •64-MB cache •SATA 6Gb/s
Key Advantages
•A massive 2-TB drive capacity provides plenty of room for downloading
today’s space-hungry PC games or up to 45 hours of 1080i, HD-
DVCPRO-encoded, high-denition video.
•The 7200-RPM performance platform complements high capacity,
delivering a powerful combination of extreme storage and top-end
desktop performance.
•A 64-MB cache optimizes burst performance and reduces data
throughput bottlenecks.
•The SATA 6Gb/s interface enables the use of the industry’s newest and
fastest hard drive controllers while providing backward compatibility to
legacy SATA 1.5Gb/s or 3Gb/s systems.
•Congurable with Seagate®SeaTools™software—Users can optimize
the drive conguration and tune for capacity or performance for the
ultimate in customer choice and control.
Best-Fit Applications
•High-performance PC gaming systems
•High-denition video editing and production systems
•Home servers and workstations
•Desktop RAID
•FireWire 800- or eSATA-enabled external storage devices
Barracuda®XT
No compromise. Speed and capacity for
high-performance desktop systems
Data Sheet

Barracuda®XT
No compromise. Speed and capacity for
high-performance desktop systems
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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 le size, le format, features and application software. Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings or specications.
DS1696.2-0909US, September 2009
Specications 2 TB1
Model Number ST32000641AS
Interface Options SATA 6Gb/s NCQ
Performance
Transfer Rate, Max Ext (MB/s) 600
Sustained Data Rate OD (MB/s) 138
Cache (MB) 64
Average Latency (ms) 4.16
Spindle Speed (RPM) 7200
Conguration/Organization
Heads/Disks 8/4
Bytes per Sector 512
Reliability/Data Integrity
Load/Unload Cycles 300K
Nonrecoverable Read Errors per Bits Read, Max 1 per 10E14
Annualized Failure Rate 0.34%
Mean Time Between Failures (hours) 750,000
Limited Warranty (years) 5
Power Management
Startup Current +12 Peak(A, ±10%) 2.8
Seek, Average (W) 7.3
Operating, Average (W) 9.23
Idle, Average (W) 6.39
Environmental
Temperature (°C)
Operating
Nonoperating
5 to 60
–40 to 70
Shock (Gs)
Operating: 2 ms
Nonoperating: 2 ms
63
300
Acoustics (bels – sound power)
Idle
Seek
2.8
3.2
Physical
Height (in/mm) 1.028/26.1
Width (in/mm) 4.00/101.6
Depth (in/mm) 5.787/146.99
Weight (lb/kg) 1.543/700
A New Addition to the Family
The legendary Barracuda®family of hard drives from
Seagate is expanding! As storage becomes more
prolic and a fundamental enabler of the digital
ecosystem, we recognize the need for products tuned
to the unique needs of different computing platforms
and applications. The Barracuda family of desktop
storage options now includes:
•Barracuda LP drives—Engineered specically for
low-power-focused applications, such as direct-
attached external storage or low-power-focused
desktop computing
•Barracuda 7200 drives—The industry standard for
mainstream desktop computing offering a wide range
of capacities and cache options, a core 7200-RPM
performance platform and a standard SATA 1.5Gb/s
and SATA 3Gb/s performance interface
•Barracuda XT drives—The performance leader in
the Barracuda family, offering maximum capacity,
maximum cache and maximum SATA performance
for the ultimate in desktop computing performance
Performance, Capacity and Peace of Mind
•Maximize your system performance with the
industry’s biggest cache available—64 MB.
•Future-proof your storage with the new SATA 6Gb/s
interface, which is fully compatible with legacy SATA
controllers while also providing an upgrade path to
a host of new SATA 6Gb/s motherboards and hard
drive controllers.
•Backed by the Seagate 5-Year Limited Warranty and
boasting a massive 2 TB of storage capacity, you can
rest easy knowing your Barracuda XT hard drive will
provide you with more than ample space and years of
worry-free operation.
www.seagate.com
1-800-SEAGATE (1-800-732-4283)
1 One terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity.