Seagate Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. A 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 the following tables are for quick reference. For details on specification measurement or
definition, see the appropriate section of this manual.
ST1000VM002
Table 1 Drive specifications summary for 1TB models
Drive Specification ST1000VM002
Formatted capacity (4K/sector)*
1000GB (1TB)
Guaranteed sectors
1,953,525,168
Heads
2
Disks
1
Bytes per sector
4K
(512 bytes per sector emulated at the interface)
Default sectors per track
63
Default read/write heads
16
Default cylinders
16,383
Recording density (max)
1745KBPI
Track density (avg)
331ktracks/in
Areal density (avg)
566Gb/in
2
Spindle speed
5900 RPM
Internal data transfer rate (max)
1967Mb/s
Sustained data transfer rate OD
151MB/s
I/O data-transfer rate
600MB/s
ATA data-transfer modes supported
PIO modes: 0 to 4
Multiword DMA modes: 0 to 2
Ultra DMA modes: 0 to 6
Cache buffer
64MB
Height (max)
20mm/ 0.787 in
Width (max)
101.6mm / 4.0 in
(± 0.010 in)
Length (max)
147.00mm / 5.78 in
Weight (typical)
415g/ 0.915 lb
Average latency
5.1ms
Power-on to ready (max)
<6s
Standby to ready (max)
<6s
Track-to-track seek time (typical)
<1.0ms read;
<1.2ms write
Average seek (typical)
<12.0ms
Startup current (typical) 12V (peak)
1.6A