Internal Hard Drive Seagate 8.0TB 256MB SATA3 Barracuda ST8000DM004 3.5" 8TB

Seagate BarraCuda ST8000DM004 3.5-inch 8TB Internal Hard Drive

The Seagate BarraCuda ST8000DM004 is a 8TB 3.5-inch internal hard drive with a SATA 6Gb/s interface, a 5400 RPM spindle speed and a 256MB cache. It belongs to Seagate's BarraCuda family of storage drives for personal computers.

According to the manufacturer, the drive suits desktop and all-in-one PCs, home servers and entry-level direct-attached storage (DAS) devices. The SATA 6Gb/s interface also supports 3.0 and 1.5Gb/s rates, so the drive can be connected to older controllers as well.

The drive uses 4096-byte sectors and is rated for up to 600,000 load/unload cycles. According to retailer listings and model reviews it uses SMR recording, which suits media storage, archives and backups, and is less suited to sustained random writes or RAID systems.

Key features

• 8TB capacity - A 8TB hard drive for the operating system, applications, personal files, media and games on a desktop PC.
• SATA 6Gb/s interface - A SATA 6Gb/s connection with a sustained transfer rate of up to 190 MB/s when reading from the outer edge of the platter. The interface is backward compatible with 3.0 and 1.5Gb/s.
• 5400 RPM and 256MB cache - A 5400 RPM spindle speed and a 256MB multisegmented cache for everyday work.
• Advanced power modes - Energy-saving modes that cut consumption without hurting performance: 3.4W at idle and 0.25W in standby, per the manufacturer's data.
• Designed for personal computing - The drive is specified for 2400 power-on hours per year and a workload of up to 55TB per year.
• Dimensions and weight - Height of 26.11 mm and weight of 630 g, halogen free and RoHS compliant.

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