Seek Time; Start/Stop Times; Power Specifications; Power Consumption - Seagate FIRECUDA ST2000DX002 Product Manual

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2.6 Seek time

Seek measurements are taken with nominal power at 25°C ambient temperature. All times are measured using drive
diagnostics. The specifications in the table below are defined as follows:
• Track-to-track seek time is an average of all possible single-track seeks in both directions.
• Average seek time is a true statistical random average of at least 5000 measurements of seeks between random tracks,
less overhead.
Typical seek times (ms)
Track-to-track
Average
Average latency
These drives are designed to consistently meet the seek times represented in this manual. Physical seeks,
regardless of mode (such as track-to-track and average), are expected to meet the noted values. However, due
Note
to the manner in which these drives are formatted, benchmark tests that include command overhead or
measure logical seeks may produce results that vary from these specifications.

2.7 Start/stop times

Time-to-ready may be longer than normal if the drive power is removed without going through normal OS powerdown
procedures.
Power-on to ready* (in seconds)
Standby to ready* (in seconds)
Ready to spindle stop (in seconds)
* Hybrid time-to-ready specification assumes all needed data files are pinned to flash, Windows 8 environment, and fast BIOS implemented

2.8 Power specifications

The drive receives DC power (+5V or +12V) through a native SATA power connector. Refer to

2.8.1 Power consumption

Power requirements for the drives are listed in
average of drives 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.
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