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Size: 2 TB
- Brand Name: Seagate
- Model: ST32000641AS
- Hard Disk Size: 2.00 TB
- Warranty: Five Year Limited Warranty
- Form Factor: 3.5-Inch
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Size: 2 TB
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The new Barracuda® XT hard drive from Seagate® delivers 2 TB of capacity and 7200-RPM performance supercharged with a 64-MB cache and the new SATA 6Gb/s interface. The Barracuda XT drive takes a no-compromise approach, providing the ultimate combination of capacity and performance. High-performance PC enthusiasts like PC gamers, non-linear video editors, graphic designers and other professionals whose work demands top performance can depend on the new Barracuda XT drive to deliver on the promise of maximum capacity, maximum performance and Barracuda family reliability.
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1 One gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity.
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| 2.0 TB | 33,320 | 640,000 | 2,000 | 500 | 500 |
| Average file size using cameras highest resolution JPEG mode | Based on standard 2 hour movie | Based on H.264 compression at a 6.75Mbs bitrate |
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Product Description
Barracuda Xt 7200.12 3.5Inch 2000Gb 7200Rpm 64Cch Sata
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56 of 65 people found the following review helpful
Size Name:2 TB|Amazon Vine™ Review
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This is an OEM product so expect that it does not come with some other pieces that are required to install. You will need a SATA data cable and if your power supply doesn't have any, a SATA power cable. The drive comes in a plastic clamshell case that just snaps shut. A concern here was a lack of a anti-static bag and padding for the drive but it seemed to have arrived in fine condition. It was definitely easy to open. No scissors needed and not blood drawn from sharp plastic unlike a more recent experience trying to open a toy for my daughter. Kudos to Amazon on their packaging even if it made me a little nervous.
This 2TB Seagate drive uses the latest SATA 6Gb/s technology (also known as SATA III) and is intended for use with the latest SATA 6Gb/s controllers. SATA 6Gb/s technology is a fairly recent thing so right now only the top-end motherboards have this technology and they are rather expensive. New SATA 6Gb/s PCI-e cards are also available and don't seem to have the premium price tag of the latest motherboards. However, thanks to the SATA standards, these aren't necessary to use a SATA 6Gb/s drive. These drives are backwards-compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s depending on the BIOS of the SATA controller. I was not able to test this drive with a SATA 6Gb/s controller because I do not own one but I was able to test it with both SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s controllers.
In all cases, the drive was very quiet and quick though not noticeably quicker than any other hard drive for the applications I use. Though, again, the testing was limited to SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s controllers and was also done using applications that don't necessarily benefit from the extra speed such as watching videos and streaming data. Importantly, it was easy to install and was readily recognized by both Windows 7 and Windows Home Server, the former having a SATA 3Gb/s controller and the latter a SATA 1.5Gb/s controller. In one setup which I will detail in a bit the drive ran a bit too warm for my liking compared to the other drive in the system. At all times the drive was whisper quiet, no clicking of drive heads audible even during a long copy process.
The first PC I tried this drive in was my home theater PC. This PC is housed in a case about the size of an audio-video receiver and sits inside my entertainment center. To install, I just needed a SATA data cable because my power supply had plenty of SATA power plugs left open and the screws that had come with the computer case. As with all SATA drives, it installed easily, Windows 7 recognized it right away and I was able to create a partition and quick format the drive via the Disk Manager interface. The drive had indeed arrived safe and sound despite the minimal packaging. SATA is such a godsend after the old days of setting jumpers, setting drive types in the BIOS, etc. The drive formatted to 1.8TB. No drive ever formats to the advertised capacity so this was no surprise. The OS needs room for the file allocation tables. I used 64K allocation blocks since I was testing this drive out with large video files. I then copied 600GB of video data to the drive which took a few hours over a gigabit network. There were no glitches in the copying and the data written to the drive played just fine in Windows Media Center as expected. I then shutdown the machine and opened up the PC to see how warm the drive was getting. It was definitely warmer to the touch than I would have liked. I am not sure if that's the drive itself or the confined space of the home theater PC. I did notice that the system drive however was not as warm. I think if I were to use this drive in a home theater PC or any confined space I would have concerns about the heat and be sure to have some additional cooling around the hard drive cages. There is currently one 92mm fan pushing air over the harddrives but I would add one more. Keeping components cool is a key to their longevity.
The second PC I tried this drive in was my home server PC. For this install, I needed a power cable and a data cable. I used a combined data/power cable that cost less than $10. My home server is an old Dell Optiplex tower repurposed as a Windows Home Server. Being an older machine, it only has a SATA 1.5Gb/s controller on-board along with an add-in SATA PCI card also running at 1.5Gb/s. Installation was the same experience as with the home theater PC. The drive came right up in the server console, recognized by the older controller hardware without issue and by Windows Home Server without issue. The drive was added to the drive pool as a 1.8TB drive. This is probably not the kind of drive I would use in a home server but I wanted to see how it played with the older controller. There were no issues at all and it was fully backwards-compatible with the older technology. This drive is definitely overkill for a simple home server but I am sure it would be great in an enterprise-level server where speed is king with its huge 64MB cache and SATA 6Gb/s support as long as it was hitched to a drive and network controller that would not bottleneck the drive.
I do wish I had the kind of hardware that could have put this drive through its paces to see how it compares to the other drives I have. If I can get my hands on some I will do more testing and update this review. I think this kind of technology is overkill for the everyday home user especially at this price point. This is especially true in a home server that's going to be running 24/7 where something in a "green" drive is more suitable. This drive is going to be bottlenecked by the on-board controller in a desktop-class motherboard and a home network so a faster drive isn't necessary. The advertised speeds are beyond what my gigabit network can handle with my home-class router and switch. As for its use in a media front-end it's likely overkill there too and I am not sure how it peforms temperature-wise in such an enclosed environment. I would worry about longevity with what seemed to be a hotter running drive. This is another place where a cooler running albeit slower green drive would suffice at a much lower price point. HD video streaming at 480Mb/s is going to be no match for any class modern drive.
I don't think however, I am the target market for this drive. Given the price point, large cache and advertised speed this drive would be more suited for someone who has the hardware and software that can take advantage of this drive. It's definitely an high-performance piece of technology positioned for the higher-end or enthusiast who needs to speed and features it offers. Everyday users such as myself would find a better value in a slower, lower power, less expensive drive. Given my experience so far with the drive, I would say that if I was looking for the fastest and the quietest this is the one I would pick. So far it's been a gem. Now the test will be longevity in the home server. How will it hold up compared to the WD Caviar Green drives that are running alongside it. These drives have been running smoothly, one for over a year, another about half a year and a third, a 1.5TB drive that cost 1/3 the price, about 4 months. This will be the most important test of all. As time goes on I will come back and report on how the drive is holding up. It's one thing to write a review on a drive after a week but how reliable will it be after 6 months, a year, etc. only time will tell. Stability and longevity (aka reliability) are after all the most important features of any data storage technology.
Update (27-May-2011)
This HDD is still going strong in my home server running Windows Home Server v1.
Update (05-Dec-2011)
Another six months or so gone by and the drive is still running well. It's now in my WHS2011 server.
Using SpeedFan to analyze my SMART status it gives the following scores:
The overall fitness for this drive is 89%.
The overall performance for this drive is 89%.
All SMART attribute values are still in the green except the readings attributable to the age of the drive and the "raw read error rate" which bears watching but is nothing to be concerned about at this point.
This 2TB Seagate drive uses the latest SATA 6Gb/s technology (also known as SATA III) and is intended for use with the latest SATA 6Gb/s controllers. SATA 6Gb/s technology is a fairly recent thing so right now only the top-end motherboards have this technology and they are rather expensive. New SATA 6Gb/s PCI-e cards are also available and don't seem to have the premium price tag of the latest motherboards. However, thanks to the SATA standards, these aren't necessary to use a SATA 6Gb/s drive. These drives are backwards-compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s depending on the BIOS of the SATA controller. I was not able to test this drive with a SATA 6Gb/s controller because I do not own one but I was able to test it with both SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s controllers.
In all cases, the drive was very quiet and quick though not noticeably quicker than any other hard drive for the applications I use. Though, again, the testing was limited to SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s controllers and was also done using applications that don't necessarily benefit from the extra speed such as watching videos and streaming data. Importantly, it was easy to install and was readily recognized by both Windows 7 and Windows Home Server, the former having a SATA 3Gb/s controller and the latter a SATA 1.5Gb/s controller. In one setup which I will detail in a bit the drive ran a bit too warm for my liking compared to the other drive in the system. At all times the drive was whisper quiet, no clicking of drive heads audible even during a long copy process.
The first PC I tried this drive in was my home theater PC. This PC is housed in a case about the size of an audio-video receiver and sits inside my entertainment center. To install, I just needed a SATA data cable because my power supply had plenty of SATA power plugs left open and the screws that had come with the computer case. As with all SATA drives, it installed easily, Windows 7 recognized it right away and I was able to create a partition and quick format the drive via the Disk Manager interface. The drive had indeed arrived safe and sound despite the minimal packaging. SATA is such a godsend after the old days of setting jumpers, setting drive types in the BIOS, etc. The drive formatted to 1.8TB. No drive ever formats to the advertised capacity so this was no surprise. The OS needs room for the file allocation tables. I used 64K allocation blocks since I was testing this drive out with large video files. I then copied 600GB of video data to the drive which took a few hours over a gigabit network. There were no glitches in the copying and the data written to the drive played just fine in Windows Media Center as expected. I then shutdown the machine and opened up the PC to see how warm the drive was getting. It was definitely warmer to the touch than I would have liked. I am not sure if that's the drive itself or the confined space of the home theater PC. I did notice that the system drive however was not as warm. I think if I were to use this drive in a home theater PC or any confined space I would have concerns about the heat and be sure to have some additional cooling around the hard drive cages. There is currently one 92mm fan pushing air over the harddrives but I would add one more. Keeping components cool is a key to their longevity.
The second PC I tried this drive in was my home server PC. For this install, I needed a power cable and a data cable. I used a combined data/power cable that cost less than $10. My home server is an old Dell Optiplex tower repurposed as a Windows Home Server. Being an older machine, it only has a SATA 1.5Gb/s controller on-board along with an add-in SATA PCI card also running at 1.5Gb/s. Installation was the same experience as with the home theater PC. The drive came right up in the server console, recognized by the older controller hardware without issue and by Windows Home Server without issue. The drive was added to the drive pool as a 1.8TB drive. This is probably not the kind of drive I would use in a home server but I wanted to see how it played with the older controller. There were no issues at all and it was fully backwards-compatible with the older technology. This drive is definitely overkill for a simple home server but I am sure it would be great in an enterprise-level server where speed is king with its huge 64MB cache and SATA 6Gb/s support as long as it was hitched to a drive and network controller that would not bottleneck the drive.
I do wish I had the kind of hardware that could have put this drive through its paces to see how it compares to the other drives I have. If I can get my hands on some I will do more testing and update this review. I think this kind of technology is overkill for the everyday home user especially at this price point. This is especially true in a home server that's going to be running 24/7 where something in a "green" drive is more suitable. This drive is going to be bottlenecked by the on-board controller in a desktop-class motherboard and a home network so a faster drive isn't necessary. The advertised speeds are beyond what my gigabit network can handle with my home-class router and switch. As for its use in a media front-end it's likely overkill there too and I am not sure how it peforms temperature-wise in such an enclosed environment. I would worry about longevity with what seemed to be a hotter running drive. This is another place where a cooler running albeit slower green drive would suffice at a much lower price point. HD video streaming at 480Mb/s is going to be no match for any class modern drive.
I don't think however, I am the target market for this drive. Given the price point, large cache and advertised speed this drive would be more suited for someone who has the hardware and software that can take advantage of this drive. It's definitely an high-performance piece of technology positioned for the higher-end or enthusiast who needs to speed and features it offers. Everyday users such as myself would find a better value in a slower, lower power, less expensive drive. Given my experience so far with the drive, I would say that if I was looking for the fastest and the quietest this is the one I would pick. So far it's been a gem. Now the test will be longevity in the home server. How will it hold up compared to the WD Caviar Green drives that are running alongside it. These drives have been running smoothly, one for over a year, another about half a year and a third, a 1.5TB drive that cost 1/3 the price, about 4 months. This will be the most important test of all. As time goes on I will come back and report on how the drive is holding up. It's one thing to write a review on a drive after a week but how reliable will it be after 6 months, a year, etc. only time will tell. Stability and longevity (aka reliability) are after all the most important features of any data storage technology.
Update (27-May-2011)
This HDD is still going strong in my home server running Windows Home Server v1.
Update (05-Dec-2011)
Another six months or so gone by and the drive is still running well. It's now in my WHS2011 server.
Using SpeedFan to analyze my SMART status it gives the following scores:
The overall fitness for this drive is 89%.
The overall performance for this drive is 89%.
All SMART attribute values are still in the green except the readings attributable to the age of the drive and the "raw read error rate" which bears watching but is nothing to be concerned about at this point.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By Jack Toering
Size Name:2 TB|Amazon Verified Purchase
We are an IT company and we have been putting these drives in for use as backup drives, and drive is e approved by Seagate for this purpose. The following is the litany for just one customer, new server install, with two-drive backup system:
Summary:
- One of the two drives was bad out of the box. Seagate sent me a refurb to replace the new drive.
- The refurbed drive lasted 10 months.
- Ordered a new drive from Amazon. It was bad out of the box. Returned the drive.
- Took 3 attempts to get a good refurb to replace the 10 moth old refurb.
*Total to keep one drive running for one year required 2 new drives and 4 refurbs.
Packaging:
The new drives from Amazon came packaged in a cardboard book mailer and no padding. The drives shipped from Seagate were packed in the normal custom fitted foam drive carriers.
Detailed history for the curious:
- Ordered two drives from Amazon one year ago for new server setup.
- One of the two new drives disconnected while backing up the first time a backup was attempted on it. Failed Seatools long test. Seagate warranty sent us a refurb. (Should have returned it)
- 10 months later the refurb disconnected while backing up, as did the one I received from Amazon in the beginning. Failed Seatools long test.
- Purchased a new drive from Amazon. The new drive disconnected while backing up, same as happened with the original new drive. Returned drive to Amazon and requested a credit.
- Warranty exchanged 10 month old refurbed drive from Seagate. New refurbed drive spun up fine, but wouldn't come on line. Failed Seagate short test.
- Warranty exchanged bad refurb from Seagate. New refurbed drive had faint beeping noise (beep of death)
- Received another refurb. Had techs test it for a day day with Seagate tests before we wasted any more time on these drives. Ran full battery of Seatests. Drive passed all tests. Installed drive at customers. Backups happening fine.
- Now that drive went bad within 2 months time. I'm putting in a Western Digital at almost twice the prove tomorrow. We'll see.
Summary:
- One of the two drives was bad out of the box. Seagate sent me a refurb to replace the new drive.
- The refurbed drive lasted 10 months.
- Ordered a new drive from Amazon. It was bad out of the box. Returned the drive.
- Took 3 attempts to get a good refurb to replace the 10 moth old refurb.
*Total to keep one drive running for one year required 2 new drives and 4 refurbs.
Packaging:
The new drives from Amazon came packaged in a cardboard book mailer and no padding. The drives shipped from Seagate were packed in the normal custom fitted foam drive carriers.
Detailed history for the curious:
- Ordered two drives from Amazon one year ago for new server setup.
- One of the two new drives disconnected while backing up the first time a backup was attempted on it. Failed Seatools long test. Seagate warranty sent us a refurb. (Should have returned it)
- 10 months later the refurb disconnected while backing up, as did the one I received from Amazon in the beginning. Failed Seatools long test.
- Purchased a new drive from Amazon. The new drive disconnected while backing up, same as happened with the original new drive. Returned drive to Amazon and requested a credit.
- Warranty exchanged 10 month old refurbed drive from Seagate. New refurbed drive spun up fine, but wouldn't come on line. Failed Seagate short test.
- Warranty exchanged bad refurb from Seagate. New refurbed drive had faint beeping noise (beep of death)
- Received another refurb. Had techs test it for a day day with Seagate tests before we wasted any more time on these drives. Ran full battery of Seatests. Drive passed all tests. Installed drive at customers. Backups happening fine.
- Now that drive went bad within 2 months time. I'm putting in a Western Digital at almost twice the prove tomorrow. We'll see.
18 of 21 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Seagate Barracuda 2TB: can hold it all, one of fastest & quiet too!
February 24, 2010
By Touch Remedy
Size Name:2 TB|Amazon Vine™ Review
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Package:
Usual clear plastic & resealable which comes in handy for storage of other drives.
Compatibility:
Used this in external eSATA HD dock. It supports the new serial ATA3 6 gig interface for added speed for those with the most up to date computer as of the day of this review. Mine isn't as fast, so using SATA2 3 gig hardware.
Operation:
The HD powered up fine, I formatted from Win Vista 64 setup as one large partition & so far in the past two weeks it's been running well & consistent even with a lage amount of files. It runs also very quietly, which is surprising considering it's immense speed & capacity. The drive is in reasonable temperature range with use.
Speed:
So far this is working well, the speed is great. I can write a 4.15 gig file in under 40 SECONDS.
Conclusion:
I recommend this drive, the performance is great, with fast speed, great reliability & quiet operation.
Will definitely update this review if there are any issues.
Usual clear plastic & resealable which comes in handy for storage of other drives.
Compatibility:
Used this in external eSATA HD dock. It supports the new serial ATA3 6 gig interface for added speed for those with the most up to date computer as of the day of this review. Mine isn't as fast, so using SATA2 3 gig hardware.
Operation:
The HD powered up fine, I formatted from Win Vista 64 setup as one large partition & so far in the past two weeks it's been running well & consistent even with a lage amount of files. It runs also very quietly, which is surprising considering it's immense speed & capacity. The drive is in reasonable temperature range with use.
Speed:
So far this is working well, the speed is great. I can write a 4.15 gig file in under 40 SECONDS.
Conclusion:
I recommend this drive, the performance is great, with fast speed, great reliability & quiet operation.
Will definitely update this review if there are any issues.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Works great
Been using this as my main hard drive for a while now and it is working perfectly. Definitely good if you need the storage space.
Published 5 hours ago by Brian Kumpf
5.0 out of 5 stars
Working well
I ordered 5 for the NAS and one came DOA. I shipped it to Seagate and they shipped me a new one. All drives have about 4Terabytes so far. They have been operating normally.
Published 1 month ago by Margaretha Rumbough
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just what I needed
Just what I needed, hooked up, formatted, been running great for storage. Replaced bunch of smaller drives for music, movies, photos.
Published 1 month ago by Brian L. Roberts
5.0 out of 5 stars
Works well
I've had it about 6 months now and it's performing well. .I have it installed in a NetGear ReadyNAS network attached storage unit along with 5 other drives.
Published 4 months ago by Douglas A DiNunzio
3.0 out of 5 stars
Windows 7 Computer only sees 2 of 3 terabytes
Windows 7 professional 64bit OS only sees 2 of 3 terabytes. I have not been successful yet in accessing all 3 terabytes in my new Dell workstation yet.
Published 4 months ago by Jack Holley
1.0 out of 5 stars
Buyer beware - seagate is not reliable
Years ago, Seagate took the crown of being the best drive on the market. Then they bought the Maxtor company, a drive not known for being great. Read more
Published 4 months ago by fmp7
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great drive
I am very satisfied with this 2T hard drive. I like Seagate hard drives. It's fast and quiet. No problems.
Published 5 months ago by Tom Wilcox
3.0 out of 5 stars
One of Three Defective
I purchased three of the 3TB drives to go into my ReadyNAS. One of the drives was defective right out of the package, having a failed SMART test with a code that I found to... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Fred F
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazon birthday gift
This item was purchased as a birthday gift for my son. He reports the unit works very well and he is pleased with it. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Gary C. Jorgensen
5.0 out of 5 stars
Faster than a bullet..!
This is one rocket ship of a hard drive! Just remember that if you don't have 3GB support on your motherboard you will be limited to 2GB until you upgrade. Read more
Published 14 months ago by J T Cannon Jr
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