Seagate Technology ST36531A hard drive specifications

Seagate Medalist 6531 - hard drive - 6.5 GB - ATA-33

If you are looking for the ultimate in desktop PC performance, you have surely found it with Seagate's Medalist Pro hard drive. The 6.5GB Medalist Pro provides enough capacity for storing all those capacity-hungry software applications and operating systems, Internet files, email, and anything else that happens to come along. It has an Ultra ATA-33 drive interface delivering burst transfer rates up to 33MB/second. In addition, the Medalist Pro boasts an internal transfer rate up to 140Mbits/second and an average seek time of 11 ms, enhancing drive performance even further. The Medalist Pro has a 3.5-inch low profile form factor and was designed with a new fluid bearing motor design for increased reliability and quiet operation. It is Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) capable, to help prevent data loss and provide advance warning of certain types of drive failures using data-management software.

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Manufacturer
Seagate Technology

HDD Part Number
ST36531A


Hard drive health monitoring software
ActiveSMART by Ariolic Software. Click to download ActiveSMART

General

Device Type
Hard drive - Internal hard drive

Width
4 in

Depth
5.8 in

Height
1 in

Weight
1.3 lbs

Hard Drive

Form Factor

Capacity
6.5 GB

Interface Type
ATA-33

Buffer Size
128 KB

Bytes per Sector
512

Compliant Standards
S.M.A.R.T.

Performance

Drive Transfer Rate
33 MBps

Internal Data Rate
17.5 MBps

Seek Time
11 ms (average) / 19.8 ms (max)

Track-to-Track Seek Time
1.3 ms

Average Latency
5.56 ms

Spindle Speed
5400 rpm

Reliability

Mean time before failure
400,000 hour(s)

Storage Hard Drive / Non-Recoverable Errors
1 per 10^13

Start / Stop Cycles
40,000

Storage Controller

Type
None

Expansion / Connectivity

Connections
1 x Storage - ATA-33 - 40 pin IDC

Compatible Bays
1 x Internal - 3.5" x 1/3H

Miscellaneous

Mounting Kit
Included

Package Type
Retail

Power

Power Device
None

Software / System Requirements

Software Included
Drivers & Utilities

OS Required
None

Manufacturer Warranty

Service & Support
1 year warranty

Service & Support Details
Limited warranty - Parts and labor - 1 year - Bring-in

Environmental Parameters

Min Operating Temperature
41 �F

Max Operating Temperature
131 �F

Humidity Range Operating
0 - 90%

Shock Tolerance
15 g @ 11ms half-sine pulse (operating) / 200 g @ 2ms half-sine pulse (non-operating)

Vibration Tolerance
0.5 g @ RMS (random) (operating) / 5 g @ RMS (random) (non-operating)

Sound Emission
32 dBA

Max Altitude Operating
9840 ft


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