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Logical/Physical bytes per sector
512 / 4096 Formatted capacity
12TB 512n/512e user sectors per drive
23,437,770,752 Interface
SATA 6 Gb/s Native Command Queuing
Yes Form Factor
3.5-inch RoHS compliant
Yes Performance
Data transfer rate (max):
- Buffer to host: 6Gb/s
- Host to/from drive (sustained): 256MB/s
Cache (MB): 256
Performance Class: 7022RPM Class Reliability/Data Integrity
Load/unload cycles: 600000
Non-recoverable read errors per bits read: <1 in 10¹⁵
MTBF (hours): 2500000
AFR (%):0.35 Power Management
Average power requirements (W):
- Sequential read: 7.0
- Sequential write: 6.8
- Random read/write: 6.9
- Idle: 5.0 Environmental Specifications
Operating Temperature: 5^oC to 60^oC
Non-operating Temperature: -40^oC to 70C
Shock (Gs):
- Operating (half-sine wave, ms): 70G
- Non-operating (half-sine wave): 300(2ms)/150(11ms)
Acoustics (dBA):
- Idle: 20
- Seek (average): 36 Item Dimension (L inchxW inchxH inch)
6 x 4 x 2 Weight
1.46lb Warranty Information
5 Years