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Pipeline HD Mini Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 13
2.13 Reliability
Measurement type Specification
Nonrecoverable read errors 1 per 10
14
bits read, max.
Annualized Failure Rate (AFR)
0.55% (nominal power, 25°C ambient temperature)
Also, refer to Section 2.13.1.
Contact start-stop cycles 50,000 cycles
(at nominal voltage and temperature, with 60 cycles per hour and a 50% duty cycle)
Warranty
To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following
web page:
support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp
From this page, click on the “Verify Your Warranty” link. You will be asked to provide the
drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of purchase. The system
will display the warranty information for your drive.
Preventive maintenance None required.
2.13.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR)
The product will achieve an Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) of 0.55% when operated in an environment of ambient
air temperatures of 25°C. Operation at temperatures outside the specifications in Section 2.10 may increase the
product AFR. AFR is a population statistics that is not relevant to individual units.
AFR specifications are based on the following assumptions for consumer electronics environments:
• 8760 power-on-hours per year
• 10,000 average motor start/stop cycles per year
• Operations at nominal voltages
• Temperatures outside the specifications in Section 2.10 may reduce the product reliability.
• Normal I/O duty cycle for consumer electronics environments. Operation at excessive I/O duty cycle may degrade
product reliability.
The consumer electronics environment of power-on-hours, temperature, and I/O duty cycle affect the product AFR.
The AFR will be degraded if used in a enterprise application.
2.14 Agency certification
2.14.1 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.
2.14.2 Electromagnetic compatibility
Hard drives that display the CE mark comply with the European Union (EU) requirements specified in the Electro-
magnetic 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 direc-
tives 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 compli-
ance and provide CE marking for their products.