BARRACUDA-7200-9

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The leading combination of capacity, performance and reliability for all your integration needs

KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS

• Highest available capacity: 40GB up to one-half terabyte (500GB), enabling OEMs and system builders to qualify one family of drives from a trusted supplier

• SATA 3Gb/s offers blazing fast interface speed for fast data transfers

• Additional SATA features, such as hot plug, staggered spin-up, drive LED capable, backward compatible with SATA 1.5Gb/s hosts, and compatible with new SATA ClickConnect connectors

• Ultra ATA/100 provides coverage of all applications

• A proven design for shorter qualification times and top reliability

• Enhanced G-Force Protection defends against handling damage

• Whisper-quiet acoustics for a nearly silent drive

• Unprecedented five-year warranty

KEY SPECIFICATIONS

• Complete family of capacities from 40GB up to 500GB

• 7200-RPM spin speed

• Cache memory available in 2-, 8-, and 16-Mbyte options (depending on capacity)

• SATA 3Gb/s interface with NCQ and many more SATA features

• Also available in ATA/100 interface options

• Best-in-class drive acoustics and environmental specifications

THE SEAGATE ADVANTAGE

High-capacity Barracuda^®7200 disc drives, from the world’s premier provider of high-capacity storage, provide our customers years of reliable service and high performance. Using advanced manufacturing techniques and extensive design experience, Seagate^®engineers have built the world’s only ninth-generation 7200-RPM desktop disc drive. In addition, Seagate SATA 3Gb/s Barracuda disc drives enable bigger profit margins for system builders with enhanced reliability, higher performance and innovative features.

Barracuda 7200.9

High-capacity, high-performance, reliable drives PRODUCT OVERVIEW

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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Barracuda 7200.9 is the latest in the Seagate 3.5-inch family of high-capacity desktop drives targeted at mainstream and high-performance PCs and advanced storage applications. The product enables OEMs and system builders to qualify one family of drives from a premier provider for a wide range of storage applications.

SPECIFICATIONS

APPLICATIONS

Your application needs determine the capacity, performance and interface requirements of your disc drive. The Barracuda 7200.9 offers multiple configurations to ensure optimal application performance for a wide range of uses.

Desktop and High-Performance PCs

• Gamer PCs

• Workstations

• High-end PCs

• Desktop RAID

• Mainstream PCs

• Entry-level PCs

Low-Cost Servers and Exteral Storage

• Entry-level servers

• USB/FireWire/eSATA external storage

ADDITIONAL FEATURES

• Native SATA interface at 3Gb/s transfer rates also supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ) to get the most performance from PC technology, such as Intel Hyper-Threading.

• Seagate SoftSonic motor enables whisper-quiet operation.

• Enhanced G-Force Protection defends against handling damage.

• Advanced manufacturing and latest technology for the most reliable storage solutions ever

• The industry’s most comprehensive compatibility and benchmark testing

• Unprecedented five-year warranty

MARKET OPPORTUNITY

High-capacity demand will continue to increase as storage needs proliferate, with increased demand coming from:

• Consumer and gamer PCs

• High-end PCs and media workstations

• Low-cost servers

• External (USB/FireWire/eSATA) storage

For more information, go to www.seagate.com

Barracuda 7200.9

High-capacity, high-performance, reliable drives

Network Storage Server Storage High-Density Storage Nearline Storage Low-Cost Server PC Commercial PC Consumer External Storage Storage Segments

Automotive DVR

Gaming/Audio/Other Government Handheld Notebook

Capacity (GB) Interface

Cache (Mbytes) Spindle Speed (RPM) Shock, Operating (Gs) Shock, Nonoperating (Gs) Acoustics, Idle (bels)

40, 80, 120, 160, 200, 250, 300, 400, 500

Ultra ATA/100 or SATA/300 (SATA 3Gb/s) with NCQ 2, 8, 16

7200 63 350 2.8

AMERICAS Seagate Technology LLC 920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, California 95066, United States, 831-438-6550 ASIA/PACIFIC Seagate Technology International Ltd. 7000 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5, Singapore 569877, 65-6485-3888 EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA Seagate Technology SAS 130-136, rue de Silly, 92773 Boulogne-Billancourt Cedex, France, 33 1-41 86 10 00

Copyright ©2006 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Printed in USA. Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC. Barracuda and SoftSonic are registered trademarks or trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC. One gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. Other product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their owners. Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications. Publication Number: PO-0011.2, May 2006