Hard drive
| Read seek |
8.5 ms |
| Average latency |
4.16 ms |
| Write seek |
9.5 ms |
| Hard drive capacity |
500 GB |
| Hard drive speed |
7200 RPM |
| Hard drive interface |
Serial ATA II |
| Hard drive size |
3.5 " |
| Drive device, buffer size |
32 MB |
Other features
| Acoustic pressure emissions |
1.9 dB |
| Internal |
Y |
ST3500514NS, 500Gb, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200RPM, 610g
Seagate® Constellation™ ES fourth-generation drives are among the highest-capacity drives available and are the only 6Gb/s SAS nearline hard drives on the market. These drives feature enterprise-class reliability and power and performance efficiencies, making them ideal for business-critical, 24x7 multi-drive server and storage environments.
Key Features and Benefits
- Reduces design and support costs by building on the Seagate best-in-class enterprise storage foundation
- Features the maximum capacity available—up to 2TB—in a 3.5-inch enterprise-class hard disk drive
- Features a compact 2.5-inch form factor with enhanced rotational vibration tolerance and high data integrity for enterprise-class reliability in a cost-effective drive
- Delivers proven reliability, with an MTBF* of 1.2 million hours
- Lets you choose a 3Gb/s Enterprise SATA or 6Gb/s SAS interface which eases integration and delivers up to 2x the throughput of traditional 3Gb/s nearline hard drives
- Reduces energy and cooling costs, with the lowest power consumption of any nearline 3.5-inch drive
- Includes Seagate PowerChoice™ technology for even greater on-demand power savings during slow or idle periods
- TCG-compliant, Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) security option (SAS models only) eliminates the need to overwrite or physically destroy drives, enables safe return of drives for warranty or expired lease purposes and allows organizations to securely repurpose or sell hard drives.
