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CONSTELLATION ES SERIAL ATA PRODUCT MANUAL, REV. F 6
2.3 DEFAULT LOGICAL GEOMETRY
CYLINDERS READ/WRITE HEADS SECTORS PER TRACK
16,383 16 63
LBA mode
When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to n–1, where n is the number of
guaranteed sectors as defined above.
2.4 RECORDING AND INTERFACE TECHNOLOGY
Interface Serial ATA (SATA)
Recording method Perpendicular
Recording density, KBPI (Kb/in max) 1523
Track density, KTPI (ktracks/in avg) 237
Areal density (Gb/in
2
avg) 324
Spindle speed (RPM) (± 0.2%) 7200
Internal data transfer rate (Mb/s max) 1300
Sustained data transfer rate (MB/s max) 152
I/O data-transfer rate (MB/s max) 600 (Ultra DMA mode 5)
2.5 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Weight: (maximum)
2TB models 710g (1.565 lb)
1TB models 640g (1.411 lb)
500GB models 610g (1.345 lb)
Cache buffer 64MB (64,768KB)
2.6 SEEK TIME
Seek measurements are taken with nominal power at 25°C ambient temperature. All times are measured using drive diagnostics. The
specifications in the table below are defined as follows:
• Track-to-track seek time is an average of all possible single-track seeks in both directions.
• Average seek time is a true statistical random average of at least 5000 measurements of seeks between random tracks, less overhead.
Table 2:
*Typical seek times (ms) Read Write
Track-to-track 0.5 0.8
Average <8.5 <9.5
Average latency: 4.16
*Measured in performance mode.
Note. These drives are designed to consistently meet the seek times represented in this manual. Physical seeks, regardless of
mode (such as track-to-track and average), are expected to meet the noted values. However, due to the manner in which
these drives are formatted, benchmark tests that include command overhead or measure logical seeks may produce results
that vary from these specifications.