Seagate, well known manufacturers of computer hardware components, released world’s first 1.5TB hard drive. This 1.5TB hard drive comes under the Seagate barracuda family. Cost of this drive is economical and leading edge technologies like Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR), aerial density, etc. makes this drive more special. Another specialty of this drive is the eco-friendly nature. It consumes nearly 43% lesser power when it is in idle condition when compared with its previous products. It also meets the Restriction of Hazardous
Seagate barracuda 7200.11 1.5 TB
Substance (RoHS) requirements. Comparing with other rival hard drives, it proved to perform better in many ways.
Specification of Seagate barracuda 7200.11 1.5 TB:
The 1.5TB Seagate barracuda drives comes with a SATA 3Gb/s NCQ interface with a cache memory of 32MB. It has a sustained data rate of 120 MB/s. The speed of the spindle is 7200rpm. It uses a soft sonic motor, which is efficient in producing low noise levels.
The range of noise produced is from 2.7 to 2.9bels in idle conditions and during seek situations it varies from 3.0 to 3.2bels. When it is in idle condition, it consumes only 8W of power which is very less when compared to any product in the market. 1.5TB is split into four platters with 375GB in each platter.
Performance of Seagate barracuda 7200.11 1.5 TB:
Being the first ever model with 1.5TB capacity there is a huge expectation regarding the performance of the drive. Barracuda family drives are capable of sustaining transfer rates up to 120MB/s. This speed enables the drives to enter the territory of VelociRaptor. Leading in both capacity and performance, it costs little less $100 making it affordable for all sorts of people. Operating noise level is very low since Seagate uses SoftSonic motor. As it consumes only 8W during idle condition, there are very less chances for the drive to get heat up, as it is enclosed. The drive performed comparatively well during the real-world file copy tests and sequential throughput drag races.
Advantages of Seagate barracuda 7200.11:
This drives evolved with many strengthened features that developed for more than 11 generation. 1.5TB barracuda drives are completely reliable in both performance and quality. Perpendicular Magnetic Recording technology is responsible for capacity boosting. It has some of the best in class environmental features and specification that makes it very special. Consistent read and write performance offered by Adaptive Fly Height technology. The drive calibrates automatically with the help of Clean Sweep. Mishandling damages are taken care of enhanced G-Force Protection. Seagate’s SoftSonic motor helps the drive to operate with ultra low noise.
In addition to these advantages, Perpendicular Magnetic Recording found to increase the dependability and capacity of storing data vertically and not horizontally. As mentioned above, this drive is eco-friendly to work with and it saves up to 43% of energy with no compromise in performance of the drive and the system. It also meets the standards of Restriction of Hazardous Substances, which takes care of limiting hazardous materials in recent electronic components.
Seagate offers 5 years warranty to this drive and the after sale service of Seagate is good. Though chances for the drive to get damages physically are very tough, Seagate offers a long period warranty for this drive. Seagate barracuda 7200.11 is highly recommended for high data storage applications, gaming applications, multimedia storage, etc.