Seagate BARRACUDA ST3250823AS - Manual (Page 13)

Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. F 7
*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment
and formatting.
**During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase acoustic and
power to operational levels.
Wet bulb temperature
(°C max)
37.7 (operating)
40.0 (nonoperating)
Altitude, operating –60.96 m to 3,048 m
(–200 ft to 10,000
+ ft)
Altitude, nonoperating
(meters below mean sea level, max)
–60.96 m to 12,192 m
(–200 ft to 40,000
+ ft)
Shock, operating (max at 2 msec) 63 Gs
Shock, nonoperating (max at 2 msec) 300 Gs
Vibration, operating 5–22 Hz: Limited displacement
23–350 Hz: 0.5 G acceleration
Vibration, nonoperating 5–22 Hz: Limited displacement
23–350 Hz: 5 Gs acceleration
Drive acoustics, sound power (bels)
Idle** 2.8 (typical)
3.4 (max)
Performance seek 3.7 (typical)
3.9 (max)
Nonrecoverable read errors 1 per 10 14 bits read
Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 0.34%
Service life 5 Years
Warranty 5 years on distribution units.
To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web
browser to access the following web page:
www.seagate.com/support/service/
From this page, click on the “Verify Your Warranty” link. You
will be asked to provide the drive serial number, model
number (or part number) and country of purchase. The sys-
tem will display the warranty information for your drive.
Contact start-stop cycles
(25°C, 50% relative humidity)
50,000
Supports Hotplug operation per SATA II specification Yes
Table 2: Drive specifications for 300 Gbyte models
Drive specification ST3300831AS ST3300631AS