Seagate has been one of the top hard drive manufacturers for as long as I can remember. In the current age, with the ever growing emphasis on protecting the earth, most hardware manufacturers are making their product line with RoHS in mind. In the past few years more products have also been accompanied by the word "green", with manufacturers boasting that their product is better for the environment.
Not wanting to be left out of the green party, Seagate has introduced an energy efficient line of hard drives called Barracuda LP (Low Power). This series of drives includes models with capacities of 1TB, 1.5TB, and 2TB; all of which are intended to run cool, quiet, and with decreased energy consumption. Before taking a look at the Seagate Barracuda LP 2TB SATA hard drive provided for review, let's look at some published data on it taken from the
official product page on the Seagate website...
The Seagate® Barracuda® LP drive is designed to meet a growing need in the market today—a low-power, whisper-quiet, entry-level drive that delivers green, low power savings over the life of the drive. This drive family has leading performance and is the perfect entry-level drive.
Features & Benefits:
» Super-low power consumption in every power mode
» Cool drives provide long-lasting benefits to the PC or external drive, reducing some component and maintenance costs
» Meets and exceeds eco-green customers requirements
» Delivers power savings
» Built to exacting Seagate green standards:
» Complies with RoHS directive
» Typically 70 percent or more of the materials used to build the drive can be recycled
» Designed, built and delivered using best-in-class, environmentally friendly processes
» 2-TB capacity
Best-Fit Applications:
» Personal Attached Storage - USB/FireWire/eSATA
» Small office and home data storage appliances
» Low-power PCs
Specifications:
» Model Number: ST32000542AS
» Interface: SATA 3.0Gb/s
» Cache: 32 MBytes
» Capacity: 2 TB
» Areal density (avg): 341.5 Gbits/inch2
» Guaranteed Sectors: 3,907,029,168
» Height (max): 26.1 mm (1.028 inches)
» Width (max): 101.85 mm (4.010 inches)
» Length (max): 146.99 mm (5.787 inches)
» Weight (typical): 655 grams (1.444 pounds)
» Spindle Speed: 5,900 rpm
» Average latency: 5.1 msec
» Random read seek time: <16.0 msec
» Random write seek time: <16.0 msec
» Annual Failure Rate: 0.32%
» Maximum start current, DC: 2.0 amps
