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1  One GB is equal to one billion bytes and one TB equals 1,000GB (one trillion bytes) when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity  
  will vary from the stated capacity due to formatting and partitioning of the hard drive, the computer’s operating system, and other factors. 

2  Portion of buffer capacity used for drive firmware

3  Intended for low duty cycle, non mission-critical applications in PC, gaming and external storage environments, which may vary from  
  application to application. note that customer environments may vary from application to application. 

Specifications

How to read the Deskstar model number
HDS723030ALA640 = 3TB, 64MB buffer
H  = Hitachi
D  = Deskstar
S  = Series prefix
72 = 7200 RPM
30 = Full capacity—3TB
30 = Capacity this model, 30 = 3TB  

 

 

    (20 = 2TB, 15 = 1.5TB) 
A  = Generation code
L  = 26.1mm z-height
A6 = Interface, SATA 6Gb/s
4  = 64MB buffer
0  = Reserved (2 = Reserved)

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Configuration
Interface

SATA 6Gb/s

Capacity (TB)

1

3 / 2 / 1.5

Sector size (bytes)

512

Max. areal density (Gbits/sq. in.)

411

Performance
Data buffer (MB)

2

64

Rotational speed (RPM)

7200

Media transfer rate (Mbits/s, max)

1656  

Interface transfer rate (MB/s, max)

600

Reliability
Error rate (non-recoverable, bits read)

1 in 10

14

Load/unload cycles (at 40˚

 

C)

600,000
300,000

Availability

3 

(hrs/day x days/wk)

24x7

Acoustics
Idle (Bels, typical)

2.9
2.7

Power
Requirement

+5 VDC (+/-5%) +12 VDC (+10%/-8%)

+5 VDC (+/-5%) +12 VDC (+/-10%)

Startup current (A, max.)

1.2 (+5V), 2.0 (+12V) 

Idle (W)

6.8
5.2

Physical size
z-height (mm)

26.1

Dimensions (width x depth, mm)

101.6 (+/-0.25) x 147 

Weight (typical, g, max.) 

690
680

Environmental (operating)
Ambient temperature

5

o

 to 60

o 

C

0

o

 to 60

o 

C

Relative humidity (non-condensing)

8% to 90%

Shock (half-sine wave, G (2ms))

70

Vibration, random (G RMS 5 to 500 Hz)

0.67 (XYZ)

Environmental (non-operating)
Ambient temperature

-40

o

 to 70

o 

C

Relative humidity (non-condensing)

5% to 95%

Shock (half-sine wave, G)

300 (1ms)
300 (2ms)

Vibration, random (G RMS 2 to 200 Hz)

1.04 (XYZ)