Seagate BARRACUDA ST2000LM015 - 1 Introduction

Seagate BarraCuda Product Manual, Rev. F 6
1.0 Introduction
This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate® BarraCuda® model drives:
For more information on SED drives see About (SED) Self-Encrypting Drives on page 27.
For more information on FIPS 140-2 Level 2 certification see About FIPS on page 26.
These drives provide the following key features:
• 1000 Gs non-operating shock and 400 Gs of operating shock.
• 128MB buffer.
• 5400-RPM spindle speed.
• Full-track multiple-sector transfer capability without local processor intervention.
• High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 6Gb/s).
• MTC Technology
TM
, proprietary data flow management
• Native Command Queuing (NCQ) with command ordering.
• Quiet operation. Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) motor.
• SeaTools
TM
diagnostic software performs a drive self-test that eliminates unnecessary drive returns.
• Shingled magnetic recording with perpendicular magnetic recording heads/media.
• State-of-the-art cache and on-the-fly error-correction algorithms.
• Support for Read Multiple and Write Multiple commands.
• Support for S.M.A.R.T. drive monitoring and reporting.
• Worldwide Name (WWN) capability uniquely identifies the drive.
BarraCuda Self-Encrypting Drive models have the following additional features
• 16 independent data bands
• Authenticated firmware download.
• Automatic data encryption/decryption
• Controlled access
• Cryptographic erase of user data for a drive that will be repurposed or scrapped
•Drive locking
• Random number generator
There is no significant performance difference between Self-Encrypting Drive and standard (non-Self-Encrypting Drive) models.
Standard models Standard SED-FIPS models Standard SED models
ST2000LM015 ST2000LM010
ST1000LM048 ST1000LM038
ST500LM030 ST500LM033 ST500LM032
Note
Previous generations of Seagate Self-Encrypting Drive models were called Full Disk Encryption (FDE) models
before a differentiation between drive-based encryption and other forms of encryption was necessary.