Key Features - Seagate M8U-Internal SpinPoint Product Manual

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Key Features

Key features of the Spinpoint M8U hard disk drive includes:
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Formatted capacities are 320, 500, 750 GB, 1TB
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9.5 ± 0.2 mm height form factor
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5400 RPM Class
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12 ms average seek time
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High accuracy rotary voice coil actuator with embedded sector servo
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Universal Serial Bus (USB) Interface (Supports USB 2.0 speed)
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Supports LBA Addressing modes
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Supports all logical geometries as programmed by the host
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8MB buffer memory for read and write cache.
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Transparent media defect mapping
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High performance in-line defective sector skipping
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Auto-reassignment
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Automatic error correction and retries
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On-the-fly (OTF) error correction
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Noise predictive PRML read channel
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TA detection and correction
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TuMR/PMR head
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SMART III support
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1MB = 1,000,000 Bytes, 1GB = 1,000,000,000 Bytes
Accessible capacity may vary as some OS uses binary numbering system for reported capacity
Spinpoint M8U-Internal Product Manual REV 3.4
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