Toshiba will launch a family of 3.5-inch HDDs, produced
with manufacturing equipment acquired in a recent
transaction with Western Digital.
The Japanese company will released four series of models and a total of 12 variants: four models offering 3TB capacities, complemented by models offering 2TB and 1.5TB of storage. Volume shipments of the drives, produced with manufacturing equipment acquired in a recent transaction with Western Digital, will start at the end of this month. The new HDD models are added to Toshiba's current line of 250GB to 1TB consumer-use HDDs.
The DT01ACA300, DT01ACA200 and DT01ACA150 models offer a rotational speed of 7,200 rpm, appropriate for high performance desktop PCs. The DT01ACA300V, DT01ACA200V and DT01ACA150V are equipped with a streaming function to handle data transfer within a specified time, and are optimized for applications such as digital video recorders that must record and playback video data without any delay. Toshiba has also responded to energy-conscious users with low power consumption models offering rotational speeds of 5,700 rpm and 5,940 rpm; compared to the 7,200rpm variants, these models reduce power consumption by 19 to 25%.
Key Features
- 3TB capacity
- 6Gb/s high speed SATA I/F
-Low acoustics seek technology
- Reduced power consumption in idle mode (Option)
In the DT01ACA300, 5.2W power consumption in normal rotation is reduced to approximately 2.4W. (aproximately 54% reduction)
Specifications
|
DT01ABA
300 |
DT01ABA
200 |
DT01ABA
150 |
DT01ABA
300V |
DT01ABA
200V |
DT01ABA
150V |
| Capacity |
3TB |
2TB |
1.5TB |
3TB |
2TB |
1.5TB |
| Interface |
Serial ATA 3.0 / ATA8 |
| Interface speed |
6 Gbit/s |
| Rotational speed |
5940 rpm |
5700 rpm |
5700 rpm |
5940 rpm |
5700 rpm |
5700 rpm |
| Buffer memory |
32 MiB |
| External dimensions |
(W)101.6 mm×(D)147 mm×(H)26.1 mm |
| Weight |
680g(max.) |
| Power consumption |
Read/Write |
5.4W |
4.7W |
4.7W |
5.4W |
4.7W |
4.7W |
| Idle |
4.2W |
3.3W |
3.3W |
4.2W |
3.3W |
3.3W |
| Energy consumption fficiency |
0.0014 |
0.0017 |
0.0022 |
0.0014 |
0.0017 |
0.0022 |
| Category name |
B |
Acoustics |
Idle |
24dB |
22dB |
22dB |
24dB |
22dB |
22dB |
| Seek |
25dB |
24dB |
24dB |
- |
- |
- |
Vibration resistance |
Operating
(Random) |
6.57 m/s2
{0.67 G}(5-500Hz) |
Non-operating
(Random) |
10.2 m/s2
{1.04 G}(2-200Hz) |
Shock resistance |
Operating |
686 m/s2
{70 G}(2ms half sine) |
| Non-operating |
2,940 m/s2
{300 G}
(2ms half sine) |
3,430 m/s2
{350 G}
(2ms half sine) |
3,430 m/s2
{350 G}
(2ms half sine) |
2,940 m/s2
{300 G}
(2ms half sine) |
3,430 m/s2
{350 G}
(2ms half sine) |
3,430 m/s2
{350 G}
(2ms half sine) |