Formatted Capacity; Fast Format - Logical Sector Size Conversion - Seagate Barracuda Pro ST14000DM001 Product Manual

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Formatted capacity

ST models Formatted capacity*
ST14000DM001 14TB
ST12000DM001 12TB
ST10000DM001 10TB
*One GB equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity.
Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting.
NOTE
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Fast Format - logical sector size conversion

 Drive supports either 512E or 4KN logical sector size formats
 SET SECTOR CONFIGURATION EXT (B2h) command (ACS-4 Standard) quickly converts between 512 and 4096 byte logical
sector size formats
The selected sector size change occurs immediately upon command completion
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 Default shipping format is 512E
Table 3 SET SECTOR CONFIGURATION EXT command inputs
Field
FEATURE
COUNT
LBA
DEVICE
COMMAND
COMMAND CHECK field value is taken from the DESCRIPTOR CHECK field in the descriptor specified by the
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SECTOR CONFIGURATION DESCRIPTOR INDEX field
SECTOR CONFIGURATION DESCRIPTOR INDEX field specifies the Sector Configuration descriptor in the Set Sector
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Configuration log page
Seagate BarraCuda Pro Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. A
Guaranteed sectors
27,344,764,928
23,437,770,752
19,532,873,728
LBA Counts for drive capacities greater than 8TB are calculated based upon the
SFF-8447 standard publication.
Description
COMMAND CHECK field
Bit Description
15 : 3 Reserved
2:0 SECTOR CONFIGURATION DESCRIPTOR INDEX field
Reserved
Bit Description
7 Obsolete
6 N/A
5 Obsolete
4 Transport Dependent
3:0 Reserved
7:0 B2h
Bytes per logical sector
512E
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Drive specifications
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