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DB35 Series Product Manual, Rev. B 3
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
ST3400832ACE, ST3300831ACE, ST3250823ACE and ST3200826ACE model drives.
2.1 Specification summary table
The specifications listed in this table are for quick reference. For details on specification measurement or defi-
nition, see the appropriate section of this manual.
Table 1:
Drive specifications
Drive specification ST3400832ACE ST3300831ACE ST3250823ACE ST3200826ACE
Formatted Gbytes
(512 bytes/sector)
400 300 250 200
Guaranteed sectors 781,422,768 586,072,368 488,397,168 390,721,968
Bytes per sector 512
Default sectors per track 63
Default read/write heads 16
Default cylinders 16,383
Recording density, BPI
(bits/in max)
763,000
Track density, TPI
(tracks/in max)
120,000
Areal density,
(Mbits/in
2
max)
91,560
Spindle speed (RPM) 7,200
Internal data transfer rate OD
(Mbytes/sec max)
95
Sustained data transfer rate OD (Mbytes/sec) 65
I/O data-transfer rate
(Mbytes/sec max)
100
ATA data-transfer modes supported PIO modes 0–4
Multiword DMA modes 0–2
Ultra DMA modes 0–5
Cache buffer 8 Mbytes (8,192 kbytes)
Height (mm max) 26.11 mm (1.028 inches)
Width (mm max) 101.85 mm (4.010 inches)
Length (mm max) 146.99 mm (5.787 inches)
Weight (typical) 635 grams (1.39 lb.)
Average latency (msec) 4.16
Power-on to ready (sec max) 15.5 sec
Standby to ready (sec max) 14.0 sec