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Hitachi Travelstar™ 5K500.B series High-capacity EcoTrac storage for notebook PCs and mobile applications Highlights Capacities up to 500GB¹ Lowest power consumption in its class Halogen-free for eco-friendly footprint Serial ATA 3Gb/s Applications Notebook PCs External storage Gaming consoles Small form factor devices
Enterprise-class features and functions Travelstar™ 5K500.B, a 5400 RPM, 250GB/platter, 2.5-inch hard drive with capacities ranging from 120GB to 500GB, is designed for use in notebook PCs, external storage, gaming consoles and other mobile applications. The 5K500.B demonstrates Hitachi’s ecological leadership with its halogen-free production and focus on low power consumption, and carries the EcoTrac classification. The 5K500.B elevates hard drive reliability with the industry’s first Iterative Detection Read Channel for improved signal processing. Hitachi offers optional hard-drive-level encryption for increased data security and enhanced availability models to deliver high-capacity storage for non-stop environments. Travelstar 5K500.B delivers the balance of capacity, ruggedness and low-power to meet the needs of consumers and commercial users in an eco-friendly footprint.
Travelstar 5K500.B Specifications Configuration   Interface SATA 3Gb/s Capacity (GB)¹ 500 / 400 / 320 / 250 / 160 / 120 Sector size (bytes) 512 Recording zones 24 Data heads 4 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 2 / 1 Disks 2 / 2 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 Max. areal density (Gbits/sq. inch) 375 Performance Data buffer (MB)² 8 Rotational speed (RPM) 5400 Latency average (ms) 5.5 Media transfer rate (Mbits/sec, max) 875 Interface Transfer Rate (MB/sec, max) 300 Seek time   Average (typical) ms (read)³ 12 Track to track (typical) ms (read) 1 Full stroke (typical) ms (read) 20 Reliability Load/unload cycles (at 40° C) 600,000 Power Requirement +5 VDC (±5%) Dissipation   Startup (W, peak, max.) 4.5 Seek (W, avg.) 1.7 Read / Write (W, avg.) 1.4 Performance idle (W, avg.) 1.3 Active idle (W, avg.) 0.8 Low power idle (W, avg.) 0.5 Standby (W, avg.) 0.2 Sleep (W) 0.1 Acoustics (A-weighted sound power) Idle (Bels, typical) 2.4 Seek (Bels, typical) 2.6 Physical z-height (mm) 9.5 Dimensions (width x depth, mm) 70 x 100 Weight (max, g) 102/102/102/95/95/95 Environmental (Operating) Shock (half-sine wave) 400G/2ms, 200G/1ms Ambient temperature 5 to 55° C Environmental (Non-operating)   Shock (half-sine wave) 1000G/1ms Ambient temperature -40° to 65° C Warranty   Warranty 3 Year Manufacturer Warranty One GB is equal to one billion bytes and one TB equals 1,000GB (one trillion bytes) when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may be less. Upper 736KB out of 8MB used for firmware Excludes command overhead Designed for low duty cycle, non mission-critical applications in PC, nearline and consumer electronics environments, which vary from application to application. Specific application environments such as temperature and duty cycle will affect the overall reliability rates.

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