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Barracuda Green SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 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 manuals.
ST2000DL003 ST1500DL003
Table 1 Drive specifications summary for 2000GB and 1500GB Models
Drive specification ST2000DL003 ST1500DL003
Formatted capacity (4096 bytes/
sector)*
2000GB 1500GB
Guaranteed sectors 3,907,029,168 2,930,277,168
Heads 6 6
Disks 3 3
Bytes per sector 4096 4096
Default sectors per track 63 63
Default read/write heads 16 16
Default cylinders 16,383 16,383
Recording density (max) 1632kb/in 1632kb/in
Track density (avg) 274 ktracks/in 274 ktracks/in
Areal density (avg) 422Gb/in
2
422Gb/in
2
Spindle speed 5900 RPM 5900 RPM
Internal data transfer rate (max) 1928Mb/s 1928Mb/s
Sustained data transfer rate OD 144MB/s 144MB/s
I/O data-transfer rate 600MB/s 600MB/s
ATA data-transfer modes sup-
ported
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 26.1mm / 1.028 in