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2.7 Power specifications
The drive receives DC power (+5V or +12V) through a native SATA power connector. Refer to
2.7.1 Power consumption
Power requirements for the drives are listed in
tested, under nominal conditions, using 5.0V and 12.0V input voltage at 25°C ambient temperature.
• Spinup power
Spinup power is measured from the time of power-on to the time that the drive spindle reaches operating speed.
• Read/write power and current
Read/write power is measured with the heads on track, based on a 16-sector write followed by a 32-ms delay, then a
16-sector read followed by a 32-ms delay.
• Operating power and current
Operating power is measured using 40 percent random seeks, 40 percent read/write mode (1 write for each 10 reads)
and 20 percent drive idle mode.
• Idle mode power
Idle mode power is measured with the drive up to speed, with servo electronics active and with the heads in a random
track location.
• Standby mode
During Standby mode, the drive accepts commands, but the drive is not spinning, and the servo and read/write elec-
tronics are in power-down mode.
Table 2
DC power requirements (6TB & 8TB)
Power dissipation
Spinup
Idle* †
Operating
Standby
Sleep
* Idle1. 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.
†5W IDLE with DIPLM Enabled
Seagate NAS HDD Product Manual, Rev. C
. Typical power measurements are based on an average of drives
Table 2
Avg (watts 25° C)
—
5.0
7.5
1.0
1.0
Drive Specifications
Figure 1 on page 19
Avg 5V typ amps
Avg 12V typ amps
—
0.15
0.35
0.12
0.12
.
2.0
0.38
0.45
0.008
0.008
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