seagate barracuda green 1.5 tb 5900rpm sata 6gb s 64mb cache 3.5 inch internal hard drive st1500dl003 - bare drive
barracuda green hard drives from seagate save you time . the fastest green drive performance enabled by the industries only 5900 rpm spin speed means the fastest data throughput of and green drive on the market . smartalign technology means you get the benefits of the new advanced format 4k sector standard without the hassles of software alignment utilities required by other drives . smartalign makes seagate advanced format hard drives look and act just like they always have . with barracuda green you get fast performance cool quite operation and no-hassle integration . it s the green power drive that won t slow you down . seagate barracuda green green power that won t slow you down fast sata 6gb s interface backwards compatible with sata 3gb s high capacity drives up to 2.0 tb up to 20 faster than competitive green drives features seagate smartalign technology for a simple amp invisible transition to advanced format 4k sector drives the world s most versatile 3.5-inch drive for desktops external enclosures and network attach storage nas . the barracuda green drive with its unique 5900 rpm is the green power drive that won t slow you down . seagate barracuda green drives are perfect for entry level pcs all-in-one pcs slimline low power pcs external usb firewire or esata storage enclosures network attach storage nas solutions why choose the seagate barracuda green up to 20 faster that other green drives with its unique 5900 rpm spin speed 2.0 tb amp 1.5 tb capacities perfect for desktops external storage and nas boxes up to 40 lower power than other 7200 rpm alternatives seagate smartalign technology provides a transition to 4k sectors without the need for software utilities why you need a drive with seagate smartalign technology in 2011 all drive manufactures new drive models will transition to a new standard called advanced format . thus all customers will be forced to adapt to advanced format drives . how you choose to adapt can negatively impact your drive s performance . performance on un-aligned advanced format hard drives can drop by 10-25 alignment software take extra time and extra integration steps seagate smartalign technology eliminates the need for alignment software smartalign technology preserve drive performance seagate barracuda family hard drives barracuda green low power 5900 rpm drives with 1.5 tb and 2.0 tb capacities barracuda mainstream 7200 rpm drives with capacities from 160gb to 1.0 tb click here barracuda xt high performance 7200 rpm drive with 2.0 tb capacity click here how much will it store capacity digital music hours digital photos files digital videos hours dvd quality movies hd video hours 2.0 tb 33 320 640 000 2 000 500 500 1.5 tb 24 990 480 000 1 500 375 375 average file size using cameras highest resolution jpeg mode based on standard 2 hour movie based on h. 264 compression at a 6.75 mbs bitrate barracuda green - specifications specifications 2tb 1 1.5 tb 1 model number st2000dl003 st1500dl003 interface options sata 6gb s ncq sata 6gb s ncq performance spindle speed rpm 5900 5900 cache multisegmented mb 64 64 sata transfer rates supported gb s 6.0 6.0 average latency ms 4.16 4.16 average seek typical read ms 12 12 average seek typical write ms 13 13 power on to ready sec lt 10 lt 10 configuration organization heads disks 6 3 6 3 bytes per sector 4096 4096 voltage voltage tolerance including noise 5v 10 -7.5 10 -7.5 voltage tolerance including noise 12v 10 -7.5 10 -7.5 reliability data integrity load unload cycles 25 c 50 humidity 300 000 300 000 nonrecoverable read errors per bits read max 1 per 10e14 1 per 10e14 annualized failure rate afr 0.34 0.34 power-on hours 8760 8760 limited warranty years 3 3 power management operating mode typical w 5.8 7.15 idle mode w 4.5 5.0 standby mode w 0.5 0.93 sleep mode w 0.5 0.93 startup current 12v peak a 10 2.0 2.0 environmental temperature operating c 0 to 60 0 to 60 nonoperating c -40 to 70 -40 to 70 shock gs operating 2ms c 80 80 nonoperating 2ms c 300 300 physical height in mm 26.1 1.028 26.1 1.028 width mm in 101.6 4.0 101.6 4.0 depth mm in 146.00 5.75 146.00 5.75 weight g lb 622 1.371 622 1.371 1 one gigabyte or gb equals one billion bytes and one terabyte or tb equals one trillion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity . barracuda green - models model number capacity interface options st2000dl003 st1500dl003 2tb 1.5 tb sata 6gb s ncq sata 6gb s ncq