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Samsung EcoGreen F2 (HD154UI) 1.5 TB Hard Disk Drive

The Samsung EcoGreen line currently consists of the EcoGreen F2 family of drives which are available in capacities ranging from 500 GB to 1.5 TB, and the EcoGreen F3 family which offer a wider range of storage capacity, from just 250 GB up to 2 TB.

Today, we will be looking at the top model in the Samsung EcoGreen F2 family - the 1.5 TB Samsung HD154UI hard disk drive. It boasts the following features :

  • Improved performance with dual-ARM based firmware
  • Improved recording stability over temperature with PMR
  • Advanced dynamic FOD control for best data integrity
  • Intelligent compensation of external disturbance
  • SATA Native Command Queuing Feature
  • Device Initiated SATA Power Management
  • Environment friendly product with RoHS compliance
  • ATA S.M.A.R.T. Compliant
  • ATA Automatic Acoustic Management Feature
  • ATA 48-bit Address Feature
  • ATA Device Configuration Overlay Feature
  • NoiseGuard™
  • Rotational vibration sensor
  • SilentSeek™

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Review

Comprehensive Review

Model

• HD154UI

Formatted Capacity

• 1,500,302 MB

Guaranteed Sectors

• 2,930,277,168

Bytes Per Sector

• 512 bytes

Sectors Per Track

• NA

Cylinders

• NA

Platters

• 3 Platters

Read/Write Heads

• 6 Read/Write Heads

Recording Method

• NA

Interleave

• 1 : 1

Spindle Speed

• 5,400 RPM

Cache Buffer

• 32 MB SDRAM

Internal Data Transfer Rate

• 166 MB/s (sustained, maximum)

Maximum I/O Transfer Rate

• 3.0 Gbits/s

Average Seek

• 8.9 ms

Average Latency

• 5.56 ms

Drive Ready Time

• 13 seconds (average)

Interface

• Serial ATA 3 Gb/s

Supported SATA Data Transfer Mode

• 3.0 Gbits/s

SATA Hotplug Capability

• Yes

Maximum Height

• 26.1 mm (1.028 inches)

Maximum Width

• 101.6 mm (4.00 inches)

Maximum Length

• 147.0 mm (5.787 inches)

Maximum Weight

• 650 g (1.43 lbs)

Power Requirements

• +12V DC ± 10 %
• +5V DC ± 5 %

Power Consumption

• 6.3 W (Read / Write)
• 5.7 W (Random Seek)
• 5.1 W (Idle)
• 1.0 W (Standby)
• 1.0 W (Sleep)

Ambient Temperature

• 0 °C to 60 °C (Operating)
• -40 °C to 70 °C (Non-Operating)

Maximum Shock

• 70 G @ 2 ms (Read/Write)
• 300 G @ 2 ms (Non-Operating)

Drive Acoustics

• 25 dBA average (Idle Mode)
• 28 dBA average (Performance Seek Mode)

Non-Recoverable Read Errors

• 1 error per 1015 bits read

Load/Unload Cycles

• 50,000 (minimum)

MTBF

• NA

Warranty

• 1 Year Limited Warranty

 

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