Seagate BARRACUDA 2LP - Table of Contents

Contents
1.0 Scope .............................................................................................................................. 1
2.0 Applicable standard and reference documentation ...................................................... 3
2.1 Standards ................................................................................................................. 3
2.2 Applicable reference documents ............................................................................... 3
3.0 General description.......................................................................................................... 5
4.0 Standard features ............................................................................................................. 7
4.1 Performance ............................................................................................................. 7
4.1.1 Reliability ...................................................................................................... 7
4.2 Unformatted and formatted capacities ...................................................................... 8
4.3 Options ..................................................................................................................... 8
4.4 Installation................................................................................................................. 9
5.0 Performance characteristics ........................................................................................... 11
5.1 Internal drive characteristics ..................................................................................... 11
5.2 SCSI seek performance characteristics .................................................................... 11
5.2.1 Seek time...................................................................................................... 13
5.2.2 Format drive command execution time ......................................................... 13
5.3 General performance characteristics ........................................................................ 14
5.4 Start/stop time........................................................................................................... 15
5.5 Prefetch/multi-segmented cache control ................................................................... 15
5.6 Caching write data .................................................................................................... 16
5.7 Synchronized spindle operation ................................................................................ 17
6.0 Reliability specifications.................................................................................................. 21
6.1 Error rates................................................................................................................. 21
6.1.1 Environmental interference ........................................................................... 21
6.1.2 Write errors ................................................................................................... 21
6.1.3 Seek errors ................................................................................................... 22
6.2 Reliability and service ............................................................................................... 22
6.2.1 Mean time between failures (MTBF) ............................................................. 22
6.2.2 Air flow.......................................................................................................... 22
6.2.3 Preventive maintenance ............................................................................... 30
6.2.4 Service life .................................................................................................... 30
6.2.5 Service philosophy........................................................................................ 30
6.2.6 Installation..................................................................................................... 30
6.2.7 Service tools ................................................................................................. 30
6.2.8 Hot plugging Barracuda 2LP disc drives ....................................................... 30
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