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Barracuda Serial ATA V Product Manual, Rev. B 5
Temperature gradient
(°C per hour max)
20°C (op.)
30°C (nonop.)
Relative humidity
(op. and nonop.)
5% to 90% (op.)
5% to 95% (nonop.)
Relative humidity gradient 30% per hour max
Wet bulb temperature
(°C max)
30 (op.), 40 (nonop.)
Altitude, operating –198.12 m to 3,048 m
(–650 ft to 10,000
+ ft)
Altitude, nonoperating
(meters below mean sea
level, max)
–198.12 m to 12,192 m
(–650 ft to 40,000
+ ft)
Shock, operating
(Gs max at 2 msec)
63
Shock, nonoperating
(Gs max at 2 msec)
350 Gs
Vibration, operating 0.5 Gs (0 to peak, 22–350 Hz)
Vibration, nonoperating 5 Gs (0 to peak, 22–350 Hz)
Drive acoustics
Sound power (bels)
Idle*
Quiet seek
Performance seek
2.8 (typical)
3.0 (max)
2.8 (typical)
3.0 (max)
3.3 (typical)
3.6 (max)
2.1 (typ)
<2.5 (max)
2.4 (typ)
2.8 (max)
3.0 (typical)
3.4 (max)
Nonrecoverable read
errors
1 per 10
14
bits read
Mean time between fail-
ures (power-on hours)
600,000
Service life 5 Years
Contact start-stop cycles
(25°C, 40% relative
humidity)
50,000
SeaShield Yes
Table 1: Drive specifications
Drive specification ST3120023AS ST380023AS ST360015AS