Seagate BarraCuda HDD, SATA 6G, 7200RPM, 3.5 inch - 2TB [ST2000DM006]

The Seagate BarraCuda HDD at a glance:

2 TB capacity
The Seagate BarraCuda HDD is fast, reliable and versatile
3.5-inch format with multi-tier caching technology
156 MB / s average data transfer rate & 64 MB cache
Ideal as desktop & all-in-one storage, as well as for home servers and DAS devices
Reliable data storage with incredible versatility

With the BarraCuda, Seagate presents an extremely versatile and reliable HDD storage medium that offers enough space for all kinds of files. The data carrier can be used as desktop and all-in-one memory or is used in home servers or DAS devices. The multi-tier caching technology is also particularly useful, which allows applications and files to be loaded faster than ever before by the HDD. Responsible for this are intelligent NAND flash levels, DRAM and media cache technologies that optimize data flow and improve read and write performance.

The data transmission rate of this 2 TB version of the BarraCuda is an average of 156 MB / s, with the outer diameter even up to 210 MB / s possible. Even the fastest drives have problems with it. However, the BarraCuda achieves this dream value with a speed of 7,200 rpm. The cache is also very large with 64 megabytes.

With 210 MB / s the limit of the SATA 2 connection is also not far away, the SATA 6G installed here offers not only the advantage of a higher bandwidth. The protocol has also been significantly refined in order, for example, to increase energy efficiency and to optimize the transmission of several simultaneous data streams with a high bandwidth.

Overall, Seagate strikes a very attractive overall package. The BarraCuda is very economical, quiet and at the same time enormously fast, also in comparison with many HDDs of other manufacturers.

Technical details:
Dimensions: 101.6 x 26.1 x 147 mm (W x H x D)
Format: 3.5 inches
Weight: 626 g
Capacity: 2 TB
Speed: 7,200 rpm
Cache: 64 MB
Data transfer rate (average): 156 MB / s
Data transmission rate (OD): max. 210 MB / s
Connection: SATA 6G
Power consumption (idle / average): 5.4 / 8 W
Starting current: max. 2.5 A
Operating temperature: 0 - 60 ° C