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Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 18
2.10 Reliability
2.10.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) and Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
The production disk drive shall achieve an annualized failure-rate of 0.63% (MTBF of 1,400,000 hours) over a 5 year service
life when used in Enterprise Storage field conditions as limited by the following:
• 8760 power-on hours per year.
• HDA temperature as reported by the drive <= 40°C
• Ambient wet bulb temp <= 26°C
• The AFR (MTBF) is a population statistic not relevant to individual units
• ANSI/ISA S71.04-2013 G2 classification levels and dust contamination to ISO 14644-1 Class 8 standards (as measured at
the device)
The MTBF specification for the drive assumes the operating environment is designed to maintain nominal drive temperature
and humidity. The rated MTBF is based upon a sustained drive temperature of up to 122°F (40°C) and wet bulb temperature
up to 78.8°F (26°C). Occasional excursions in operating conditions between the rated MTBF conditions and the maximum
drive operating conditions may occur without significant impact to the rated MTBF. However continual or sustained operation
beyond the rated MTBF conditions will degrade the drive MTBF and reduce product reliability..
2.11 Agency certification
2.11.1 Safety certification
These products are certified to meet the requirements of UL60950-1, CSA60950-1 and EN60950 and so marked as to the
certify agency.
2.11.2 Electromagnetic compatibility
Hard drives that display the CE mark comply with the European Union (EU) requirements specified in the Electromagnetic
Compatibility Directive (2004/108/EC) as put into place 20 July 2007. Testing is performed to the levels specified by the
product standards for Information Technology Equipment (ITE). Emission levels are defined by EN 55022, Class B and the
immunity levels are defined by EN 55024.
Drives are tested in representative end-user systems. Although CE-marked Seagate drives comply with the directives when
used in the test systems, we cannot guarantee that all systems will comply with the directives. The drive is designed for
operation inside a properly designed enclosure, with properly shielded I/O cable (if necessary) and terminators on all unused
I/O ports. Computer manufacturers and system integrators should confirm EMC compliance and provide CE marking for their
products.
Nonrecoverable read errors 1 per 10
15
bits read, max
Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 0.63% (nominal power, 40°C case temperature)
Load unload cycles 600,000 cycles
Rated Workload Average rate of <550TB/year
The MTBF specification for the drive assumes the I/O workload does not exceed the Average
Annualized Workload Rate of <550TB/year. Workloads exceeding the annualized rate may
degrade the drive MTBF and impact product reliability. The Average Annualized Workload
Rate is in units of TB per year, or TB per 8760 power on hours. Workload Rate = TB trans-
ferred * (8760 / recorded power on hours).
Warranty To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web
page:
http://www.seagate.com/support/warranty-and-replacements/.
From this page, click on the “Check to see if the drive is under Warranty” link. The following are
required to be provided: the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of
purchase.The system will display the warranty information for the drive.
Preventive maintenance None required.