Seagate SkyHawk Product Manual, Rev. H 8
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
Th e sp e c i f i c at i o ns l i st e d in T a b l e 1 a re f o r q u i c k r e fe r e n c e.
For details on specification measurement or definition, refer to the appropriate section of this manual.
Standard models +Rescue models
ST8000VX009 ST8000VX010
ST6000VX008 ST6000VX009
ST4000VX015 ST4000VX016
ST3000VX014 ST3000VX015
ST2000VX016 ST2000VX017
ST1000VX012
ST1000VX013
Table 1 Drive specifications summary
Drive Specification*
ST8000VX009,
ST8000VX010
ST6000VX008,
ST6000VX009
ST4000VX015,
ST4000VX016
ST3000VX014,
ST3000VX015
ST2000VX016,
ST2000VX017
ST1000VX012,
ST1000VX013
Formatted capacity
(512 bytes/sector)**
8000GB (8TB) 6000GB (6TB) 4000GB (4TB) 3000GB (3TB) 2000GB (2TB) 1000GB (1TB)
Guaranteed sectors 15,628,053,168 11,721,045,168 7,814,037,168 5,860,533,168 3,907,029,168 1,953,525,168;
Heads 8 4 2
Disks 4 2 1
Bytes per sector
(emulated at 512-byte sectors)
4096 (physical)
Default sectors per track 63
Default read/write heads 16
Default cylinders 16,383
Recording density 2448 kB/in
Track density (avg) 480 ktracks/in
Areal density (avg) 1175 Gb/in
2
SATA interface transfer rate 600 MB/s
Maximum data transfer rate 180 MB/s
ATA data-transfer modes
supported
PIO modes: 0 to 4
Multiword DMA modes: 0 to 2
Ultra DMA modes 0 to 6
RPM 5400
Cache buffer 256MB
Height 26.1mm / 1.028 in (max) 20.20mm / 0.795 in (max)
Width 101.6mm (± 0.25) / 4.0 in (± 0.010)
Length 146.99mm / 5.787 in (max)
Weight (typical) 630g / 1.389 lb 490g / 1.08 lb 415g / 0.915 lb
Average latency 6.0 ms
Power-on to ready (typ) 15.0s 10.0 8.0
Standby to ready (typ) 15.0s 10.0 8.0
Startup current (typical) 12V 1.8A
Voltage tolerance
(including noise)
5V ±5%
12V ±10%
Non-Operating (Ambient °C) –40° to 70°