Seagate Barracuda ES.2 SATA 3.0-Gb/s 500-GB Hard Drive

The Barracuda ES.2 drive is the perfect solution for high-capacity enterprise storage applications such as the migration of mission-critical transactional data, from tier 1 to tier 2 (nearline) storage, where dollars/GB and GB/watt are a primary concern. With energy-saving PowerTrimâ„¢ features, superior rotational vibration tolerance and a choice of SATA or SAS interfaces, the Barracuda ES.2 drive provides world-leading technology and value.

• Perpendicular recording technology for maximum capacity
• 24x7 operation and 1.2 M hrs. MTBF
• Dynamic power saving using Seagate PowerTrimâ„¢ technology
• Broad spectrum rotational vibration tolerance at 12.5 rads/s2
• Error recovery control - quick error resolution to prevent system timeouts
• Workload management to ensure operational reliability
• Quick and robust download with firmware security checks
• Write Same command for efficient RAID initialization
• Idle Read After Write data integrity checking
• 16-MB cache
• Low total cost of ownership
• 3-year limited warranty

• Model Number: ST3500320NS
• Interface: SATA 3Gb/s
• Cache: 32MB
• Capacity: 500GB
• Guaranteed Sectors: 976,773,168

• Height: 26.1mm (1.028 in)
• Width: 101.6mm (4.010 in)
• Length: 146.99mm (5.787 in)
• Weight (typical): 543g (1.199 lb)

• Spin Speed: 7,200 RPM
• Average latency: 4.16ms
• Random read seek time: 8.5ms
• Random write seek time: 9.5ms

• Annual Failure Rate: 0.73%

• Maximum start current, DC: 3.0

• 3 year company provided