Seagate NAS HDD Product Manual, Rev. C 7
2.0 Drive Specifications
Unless otherwise noted, all specifications are measured under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power. For
convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual to indicate the following drive models:
2.1 Specification summary tables
The specifications listed in Table 1 are for quick reference. For details on specification measurement or definition, refer to
the appropriate section of this manual.
ST8000VN000
ST6000VN000
Table 1 Drive specifications summary for 8TB models
Drive Specification*
ST8000VN000 ST6000VN000
Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)** 8000GB (8TB) 6000GB (6TB)
Guaranteed sectors 15,628,053,168 11,721,045,168
Heads 12
Disks 6
Bytes per sector 512
Recording density (max) 1950 KFCI
Track density (avg) 435 Ktracks/in
Areal density (avg) 848 Gb/in
2
Internal data transfer rate (max) 1900 Mb/s
Maximum sustained data rate, OD read (MB/s) 190 MB/s
ATA data-transfer modes supported
PIO modes: 0 to 4
Multiword DMA modes: 0 to 2
Ultra DMA modes 0 to 6
I/O data-transfer rate (max) 600MB/s
Cache buffer 128MB
Height (max) 26.1mm / 1.028 in
Width (max) 101.6mm /4.010 in
Length (max) 146.99mm / 5.787 in
Weight (typical) 780g / 1.72 lb
Average latency 5.5ms
Power-on to ready (max) 30.0s
Standby to ready (max) 25.0s
Average seek, read (typical)
Average seek, write (typical)
<12.0ms
<12.0ms
Startup current (typical) 12V 2.0A
Voltage tolerance (including noise)
5V: ±5%
12V: ±10%
Drive case temperature (max) 70°C
Ambient temperature
(drive case temperature)
0° to 60°C (operating)
–40° to 70°C (non-operating)
Temperature gradient
20°C per hour max (operating)
30°C per hour max (nonoperating)
Relative humidity
5% to 90% (operating)
5% to 95% (nonoperating)
Relative humidity gradient (max) 30% per hour