Other World Computing, Macsales home page Product Highlights Apple OS X and Apple OS X support OWC contact and support information FAQs, Online Videos, Updaters, and other product support information Check the status of an already placed order Battery, Memory, Hard Drive, Accessory items and more for Apple PowerBook and iBook models Battery Replacements, Cases, FM Transmitters, accessory items for Apple iPod DDR, SDRam, SIMMs, DIMMs, SO-DIMMs 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1GB, 2GB for Macs and PC Desktop and Notebook Hard Drive upgrades 1394A, 1394B storage solutions, hubs, cables, enclosure kits, pci cards, and more Internal and External DVD Burners, CD Burners, Media, Cases CPU Processor Upgrades for G3 and G4 Apple, Mac Video Upgrades Check Out / View Your Shopping Cart Audio Hardware and Software Video Hardware iPhone Contact
 
Other World Computing Reseller and Manufacturer of Mac Products Quick and Reliable Delivery from OWC! - Quality Products, Competitive Prices, Top Service - Delivery from as low as $2.95
 
   
Search:
View Our Site Map

Description: Ships: Price:
500GB Seagate Barracuda ES-2 Enterprise-Class SATA II 7200RPM 32MB Buffer Hard Drive W/ Perpendicular Drive Technology. New w/5 Year Seagate Warranty! (SEAST3500320NS) Same Day $134.97
Add to Your Basket:
Seagate

Barracuda ES.2 SATA 3.0-Gb/s
500-GB Hard Drive
ST3500320NS


The Barracuda® ES2 drive is perfect for high-capacity, 7200-RPM nearline storage where dollars/GB and watts/GB are primary metrics. It offers energy-saving PowerTrim™ features, internal data integrity protection, superior rotational vibration tolerance and a SATA 3.0-Gb/s interface.

Key Features and Benefits

  • Perpendicular recording technology for maximum capacity
  • 24x7 operation and 1.2 M hrs. MTBF
  • Dynamic power saving using Seagate PowerTrim™ 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
  • 32-MB cache
  • Low total cost of ownership
  • 5-year limited warranty

Best-Fit Applications

  • Storage-hungry business applications
  • Network attached storage (NAS)
  • 5 YEar Seagate WarrantyMaximum-capacity servers
  • Rich media content storage—audio, video, image
  • Reference and compliance data storage
  • Enterprise backup and restore—D2D, virtual tape
  • Collaboration—email, messaging
  • Infrastructure—Web, print, file

Specifications

Capacity 500 GB*
Model Number ST3500320NS
Interface SATA 3Gb/s, 1.5Gb/s
External Transfer Rate (Gb/s) 3.0
Performance

Transfer Rate

Maximum Internal (Mb/s)
Maximum Sustained (MB/s)

1287
105

Cache, Multisegmented (MB)

32, 16†
Average Latency (msec) 4.16
Spindle Speed (RPM) 7200

Seek Time

Average Read/Write (msec)
Track-to-Track Read/Write (msec)

8.5/9.5
0.8/1.0
Configuration/Organization
Bytes per Sector 512
Reliability/Data Integrity
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF, hours) 1.2 million
Reliability Rating at Full 24x7 Operation (AFR) 0.73%
Nonrecoverable Read Errors per Bits Read 1 sector per 1015
Error Control/Correction (ECC) 10 bit
Interface Ports Single
Limited Warranty (years) 5
Power Management
Typical (W) 10.6
Idle Average (W) 8.0
Environmental
Temperature, Operating (°C) 5 to 55
Temperature, Nonoperating (°C) -40 to 70
Shock, Operating: 2 msec (Gs) 63
Shock, Nonoperating: 1 msec (Gs) 300
Acoustics Idle (bels—sound power) 2.5
Rotational Vibration @ 1500 Hz max (Rad/sec²) 12.5
Physical
Height (in/mm) 1.02/26.11
Width (in/mm) 4/101.6
Depth (in/mm) 5.78/146.99
Weight (lb/kg) ≥1.168/≥0.530

* One gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity.
† Not available through distribution

OWC Customer Comments BizRate BBB Online VeriSign Secured Green ITLEED - Thinks Green. OWC offers many options for payment and shipping. OWC offers many options for payment and shipping. Contact Us
Copyright 2000-2008 Other World Computing, All Rights Reserved.
About Us, Load Time: 0.007 seconds