Seagate presents the eleventh generation of its Barracuda series. The 640 GByte model carrys two 320 GByte platters which should deliver a sustained data rate of 115 MByte/s. The hard drive also has a claimed average access time of 8.5 milliseconds and 32 MByte of cache.

Specifications

Model	Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 640 GByte ST31500340AS
Capacity	640 GByte, 32 MByte Cache
Technology	2 platters, perpendicular recording
Throughput	bis zu 115 MB/s reading/writing
Accesstime (read)	8.5 ms
Life expectance	750'000 hours (MTBF)
Powerconsumption	Seek: 11.6 W Operating: 12 W Idle: 8 W
Acoustics	Seek: 29 dB Idle: 27 dB
Warranty	5 Years

On the following pages we will show you if the Barracuda 7200.11 640 GByte does what Seagate claims.

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