WD Caviar SE16
SATA II hard drives combine 300 MB/s transfer rate and 16 MB
cache for industry leading performance. Yes, these reliable
drives are lightning fast, but they still deliver
technologically advanced acoustics and cool operation.
Features and Benefits
Fast -- The one-two performance punch of 300 MB/s
transfer rate, state-of-the-art performance for SATA drives,
and 16 MB cache make the WD Caviar SE16 family the fastest
desktop-class hard drives available.
Cool -- Cool operation means the highest reliability
even in high-heat environments such as personal video
recorders. That is why these drives, the coolest on the
market, are the drive of choice for the world's leading
consumer electronics manufacturers as well as the world's
leading PC makers.
Quiet -- We have minimized noise to levels virtually
below the threshold of human hearing with our WhisperDrive™
technology. And to cut seek noise, our SoftSeek™ technology
streamlines read/write seeking algorithms, resulting in the
drive operating more efficiently when accessing and writing
data.
Specifications
Performance
Rotational Speed:
7,200 RPM (nominal)
Buffer Size: 16 MB
Average Latency: 4.20 ms (nominal)
Contact Start/Stop Cycles: 50,000 minimum
Seek Times (Average)
Read Seek Time (Average): 8.9 ms
Write Seek Time (Average): 10.9 ms (average)
Track-To-Track Seek Time: 2.0 ms (average)
Full Stroke Seek: 21.0 ms (average)
Transfer Rates
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA): 2,400 Mbits/s (Max)
Buffer To Disk: 748 Mbits/s (Max)
Configuration
Number of Heads
(Physical): 6
Capacity: 320
GB
Interface: SATA II
Number of Platters: 3
Bytes Per Sector: 512
User Sectors Per Drive: 488,397,168
Servo Type: Embedded
