Pipeline HD SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 11
2.0 Drive Specifications
Unless otherwise noted, all specifications are measured under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power.
For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual to indicate the following
drive models:
2.1 Specification summary tables
The specifications listed in the following tables are for quick reference. For details on specification measurement
or definition, see the appropriate section of this manual.
ST2000VM003 ST1000VM002
Table 1 Drive specifications summary for 2TB and 1TB models
Drive Specification ST2000VM003 ST1000VM002
Formatted capacity (4K/sector)*
2000GB (2TB) 1000GB (1TB)
Guaranteed sectors
3,907,029,168 1,953,525,168
Heads
42
Disks
21
Bytes per sector
4K
(512 bytes per sector
emulated at the interface)
4K
(512 bytes per sector
emulated at the interface)
Default sectors per track
63 63
Default read/write heads
16 16
Default cylinders
16,383 16,383
Recording density (max)
1807
kFCI 1807kFCI
Track density (avg)
352ktracks/in 352ktracks/in
Areal density (avg)
625Gfc/in
2
625Gfc/in
2
Spindle speed
5900 RPM 5900 RPM
Internal data transfer rate (max)
2147Mb/s 2147Mb/s
Sustained data transfer rate OD
159MB/s 159MB/s
I/O data-transfer rate
600MB/s 600MB/s
ATA data-transfer modes supported
PIO modes: 0 to 4
Multiword DMA modes: 0 to 2
Ultra DMA modes: 0 to 6
Cache buffer
64MB 64MB
Height (max)
26.1mm / 1.028 in 20.20mm/ 0.795 in
Width (max)
101.6mm / 4.0 in
(± 0.010 in)
101.6mm / 4.0 in
(± 0.010 in)
Length (max)
147.00mm / 5.78 in 147.00mm / 5.78 in
Weight (typical)
535g / 1.18 lb 415g/ 0.915 lb
Average latency
5.1ms 5.1ms
Power-on to ready (max)
<17s <6s