Seagate® Constellation™ ES SAS 6Gb/s 500-GB Hard Drive
ST3500414SS

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**

SPECIFICATIONS
Model Number	ST3500414SS
Interface	6-Gb/s SAS
Cache	16MB
Capacity	500GB
Guaranteed Sectors	976,773,168
PHYSICAL
Height	26.1mm (1.028 in)
Width	101.6mm (4.000 in)
Length	146.99mm (5.787 in)
Weight (typical)	610g (1.345 lb)
PERFORMANCE
Spin Speed	7200 RPM
Sustained data transfer rate	150Mb/s
Average latency	4.16ms
Random read seek time	<8.5ms
Random write seek time	<9.5ms
I/O data transfer rate	600MB/s
Unrecoverable read errors	1 in 1015
RELIABILITY
MTBF	1,200,000 hours
Annual Failure Rate	0.73%
POWER
Average idle power	8.0W
Average operating power	10.4W
Average seek power	9.2W
Maximum start current, DC	1.89
ENVIRONMENT
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE
Operating	5°–60°C
Nonoperating	-40°–70°C
Maximum operating temperature change	20°C per hour
Maximum nonoperating temperature change	30°C per hour
SHOCK
Operating Shock (max)	70 Gs for 2ms
Nonoperating Shock (max)	300 Gs for 2ms
ACOUSTICS
Acoustics (Idle Volume)	1.9 bels
Acoustics (Seek Volume)	2.3 bels