Thread: Seagate 7200.1 Constellation HardDrive

The 2.5-inch hard drive Seagate ST9500530NS 7200.1 Constellation has the same features on more than one: The SATA 300 hard drive is just an overall height of 14.8 5.3 mm longer than with standard drives, the 2.5-inch class .Constellation is also Seagate ST9500530NS 7200.1 for the 24-hour operation to free and increases in the same breath, the guarantee period of three to five years.

The fact that the Constellation series from Seagate is tuned for performance also illustrated by the addition of "7200.1" in the model designation. Unlike a typical 2.5-inch hard drive, the Seagate ST9500530NS 7200.1 Constellation is working with an increased by 30 percent rotation speed of 7200 revolutions per minute. As our speed test, finished helped the the 500 GB hard drive at very high data rates and really fast access times. However, the increased rotational speed is negative on the noise: The Constellation was the most 7200.1 ST9500530NS hard drive in the test.



Seagate ST9500530NS 7200.1 Constellation built in the three magnetic disks, each with two read-write heads. A generously dimensioned 32-MB cache buffers the data accesses to the hard disk. The impact resistance of the SATA-300 hard disk is unusually low and is in the off state, 400 G and 70 G in the lean operation. A typical 2.5-inch hard drive has a four to five times as high impact resistance.

Seagate has designed the Constellation series in the first instance for server use. Because of the high performance, coupled with the 24-hour fitness is ST9500530NS also a good choice for small PC that will act as a living room PC with a TV recording function or media server. The special properties of the Constellation 7200.1 ST9500530NS Seagate can also pay royally: The 500 GB hard disk to NTFS format remains a usable capacity of about 466 GB.