- Quiet operation. Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) motor.
- High instantaneous (burst) data rate 1.5 Gbits/sec default, 3.0 Gbit/sec available via Seagate specific SCT command.
- Perpendicular recording technology.
- State-of-the-art cache and on-the-fly error-correction algorithms.
- Native Command Queuing (NCQ) with command ordering.
- Full-track multiple-sector transfer capability without local processor intervention.
- 800 Gs nonoperating shock and 350 Gs of operating shock.
- The 3D Defense System™, which includes Drive Defense, Data Defense and Diagnostic Defense, offers the industry’s most comprehensive protection for disc drives.
- Support for S.M.A.R.T. drive monitoring and reporting.
- Support for Read Multiple and Write Multiple commands.
- Support for ATA8 Streaming commands.
- Supports Power Up and Standby features.
- Supports Trusted Send/Receive Security Protocol.
