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HGST Ultrastar C15K600 Hard Disk Drive Specification

Table of Contents

1 General ............................................................................................................................................................... 20

1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................. 20

1.2 Glossary ....................................................................................................................................................................... 21

1.3 Caution......................................................................................................................................................................... 21

1.4 References .................................................................................................................................................................... 21

2 Outline of the Drive ........................................................................................................................................... 22

3 Fixed Disk Subsystem Description ................................................................................................................. 23

3.1 Control Electronics ....................................................................................................................................................... 23

3.2 Head Disk Assembly ..................................................................................................................................................... 23

3.3 Actuator ....................................................................................................................................................................... 23

4 Drive Characteristics......................................................................................................................................... 24

4.1 Formatted Capacity...................................................................................................................................................... 24

4.2 Data Sheet ................................................................................................................................................................... 24

4.3 Inquiry Information ...................................................................................................................................................... 25

4.3.1 Product ID ................................................................................................................................................................ 25

4.3.2 World Wide ID - Block Assignment .......................................................................................................................... 26

4.4 Performance Characteristics ........................................................................................................................................ 27

4.4.1 Mechanical Positioning ............................................................................................................................................ 27

4.4.2 Drive Ready Time ..................................................................................................................................................... 29

4.4.3 Spindle Stop Time.................................................................................................................................................... 29

4.4.4 Data Transfer Speed ................................................................................................................................................. 29

4.4.5 Buffering Operation (read ahead/write cache) ........................................................................................................ 30

5 Data Integrity ...................................................................................................................................................... 31

5.1 Equipment Status ......................................................................................................................................................... 31

5.2 Error Recovery Procedure............................................................................................................................................. 31

6 Physical Format ................................................................................................................................................. 32

6.1 Shipped Format (P-List) ................................................................................................................................................ 32

6.2 Reassigned Format (G-List) .......................................................................................................................................... 32

7 Electrical Interface ............................................................................................................................................. 33

7.1 SAS Connector .............................................................................................................................................................. 33

7.1.1 29 pin Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Connector Definition .......................................................................................... 33

7.1.2 Voltage and Ground Signals ..................................................................................................................................... 34

7.1.3 Ready LED Output .................................................................................................................................................... 34

8 Environment ....................................................................................................................................................... 35

8.1 Temperature And Humidity .......................................................................................................................................... 35

8.2 Storage Requirements .................................................................................................................................................. 36

8.2.1 Packaging ................................................................................................................................................................. 36

8.2.2 Storage Time ........................................................................................................................................................... 36