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SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 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 Table 1 are for quick reference. For details on specification measurement or definition,
refer to the appropriate section of this manual.
ST3000VX000 ST2000VX000 ST1000VX000
Table 1 Drive specifications summary for 3TB, 2TB and 1TB models
Drive Specification ST3000VX000 ST2000VX000 ST1000VX000
Formatted capacity
(512 bytes/sector)*
3000GB
(3TB)
2000GB
(2TB)
1000GB
(1TB)
Guaranteed sectors 5,860,533,168 3,907,029,168 1,953,525,168
Heads 6 6 2
Disks 3 3 1
Bytes per sector (4K physical
emulated at 512-byte sectors)
4096 4096 4096
Default sectors per track 63 63 63
Default read/write heads 16 16 16
Default cylinders 16,383 16,383 16,383
Recording density (max) 1807kFCI 1807kFCI 1807kFCI
Track density (avg) 352 ktracks/in 352 ktracks/in 352 ktracks/in
Areal density (avg) 625Gb/in
2
625Gb/in
2
625Gb/in
2
Spindle speed 7200 RPM 7200 RPM 7200 RPM
Internal data transfer rate
(max)
2147Mb/s 2147Mb/s 2147 Mb/s
Average data rate, read/write
(MB/s)
156MB/s 156MB/s 156MB/s
Maximum sustained data rate,
OD read (MB/s)
210MB/s 210MB/s 210MB/s
I/O data-transfer rate (max) 600MB/s 600MB/s 600 MB/s
Cache buffer 64MB 64MB 64MB
Height (max) 26.1mm / 1.028 in 26.1mm / 1.028 in 20.17mm / 0.7825 in
Width (max) 101.6mm /4.0 in (+ 0.010 in) 101.6mm /4.0 in (± 0.010 in) 101.6mm / 4.0 in ( ± 0.010 in)
Length (max) 146.99mm / 5.787 in 146.99mm / 5.787 in 146.99mm / 5.787 in
Weight (typical) 626g /1.38 lb 626g /1.38 lb 400g / 0.88 lb
Average latency 4.16ms 4.16ms 4.16ms
Power-on to ready (max) <17.0s <17.0s <10.0s
Standby to ready (max) <17.0s <17.0s <10.0s
Average seek, read (typical)
Average seek, write (typical)
<8.5ms typical
<9.5ms typical
<8.5ms (read)
<9.5ms (write)
<8.5ms (read)
<9.5ms (write)