Table 1 Drive specifications summary for 6TB
Drive Specification* ST6000VX001
Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)** 6000GB (6TB)
Guaranteed sectors 11,721,045,168
Heads 8
Disks 4
Bytes per sector (emulated at 512-byte sectors) 4096 (physical)
Default sectors per track 63
Default read/write heads 16
Default cylinders 16,383
Recording density (max) 2294 kB/in
Track density (avg) 540 ktracks/in
Areal density (avg) 1203 Gb/in2
SATA interface transfer rate 600 MB/s
Maximum data transfer rate 185 MB/s
ATA data-transfer modes supported
PIO modes: 0 to 4
Multiword DMA modes: 0 to 2
Ultra DMA modes 0 to 6
Cache buffer 256MB
Height (max) 26.1mm / 1.028 in
Width (max) 101.6mm (± 0.25) / 4.0 in (± 0.010)
Length (max) 146.99mm / 5.787 in
Weight (typical) 610g / 1.345 lb
Average latency 6.0 ms
Power-on to ready (typ) 15.0s
Standby to ready (typ) 15.0s
Startup current (typical) 12V 1.8A
Voltage tolerance (including noise)
5V ±5%
12V ±10%
Non-Operating (Ambient °C) –40° to 70°
Operating ambient temperature (min °C) # 0°
Operating temperature (drive case max °C) 70°†
Temperature gradient 20°C per hour max (operating)
30°C per hour max (non-operating)
Relative humidity 5% to 90% (operating)
5% to 95% (non-operating)
Relative humidity gradient (max) 30% per hour
