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Barracuda® XT Desktop Hard Drives

The new Barracuda® XT hard drive from Seagate delivers the industry‘s first 2-TB, 7,200-RPM desktop drive with a massive 64-MB cache and the fastest SATA interface - SATA 6-Gb/s.

Model ST32000641AS SATA 6Gb/s 2TB

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Key Features and Benefits

  • A massive 2-TB drive capacity provides plenty of room for downloading today's space-hungry PC games or up to 45 hours' of 1080i, HD-DVCPRO-encoded, high-definition video.
  • The 7,200-RPM performance platform complements high capacity, delivering a power combination of extreme storage and top-end desktop performance.
  • A 64-MB cache optimises burst performance and reduces data throughput bottlenecks.
  • The SATA 6-Gb/s interface enables the use of the industry's newest and fastest hard drive controllers, while providing backward compatibility to legacy SATA 1.5-Gb/s or 3-Gb/s systems.
  • Configurable with Seagate® SeaTools™ software - users can optimise the drive configuration and tune for capacity or performance for the ultimate in customer choice and control.

Best-fit Applications

  • High-performance PC gaming systems
  • High-definition video editing and production systems
  • Home servers and workstations
  • Desktop RAID
  • FireWire 800- or eSATA-enabled external storage devices

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Barracuda XT SATA 6 Gb/s 2-TB Hard Drive

ST32000641AS

Specifications
Model Number ST32000641AS
Interface SATA 6Gb/s
Cache 64MB
Capacity 2 TB
Areal density (avg) 347 Gbits/inch2
Guaranteed Sectors 3,907,029,168
PHYSICAL
Height (max) 26.1 mm (1.028 inches)
Width (max) 101.6 mm (4.0 inches)
Length (max) 146.99 mm (5.787 inches)
Weight (typical) 700 grammes (1.543 pounds)
PERFORMANCE
Spindle Speed 7200 rpm
Sustained data transfer rate 138 null
Average latency 4.16 msec
Random read seek time 8.5 msec
Random write seek time 9.5 msec
null 600 null
RELIABILITY
MTBF 750,000 hours
Annual Failure Rate 0.34
Unrecoverable read errors 1 in 10^14
POWER
12V start max current 2.8 amps
Average idle current 6.39 watts
ENVIRONMENT
Ambient Temperature
Operating 5 To60 degrees C
Non-operating -40 To70 degrees C
Maximum operating temperature change 20 degrees C per hour
Maximum non-operating temperature change 30 degrees C per hour
Shock
Operating Shock (max) 63 Gs null 2 msec
Non-operating Shock (max) 300 Gs null 2 msec
ACOUSTICS
Acoustics (Idle Volume) 2.8 bels
Acoustics (Seek Volume) 3.2 bels

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