Barracuda 4LP Family

3.5-inch Disc Drives

Barracuda 4LP Drive Photo
  • Low profile design
  • 7,200-RPM, 4.17 msec average latency
  • 8- and 16-bit UltraSCSI interface
  • Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) interface
  • Single Connector Attachment (SCA)
  • Advanced SCSI Architechture II (ASA II)
  • MR heads, embedded servo and PRML channel

Barracuda 4LP
The Barracuda 4LP offers formatted capacities of 2.15 and 4.35 Gbytesin a low-profile 1-inch high design. With Advanced SCSI Architecture II,SCSI-3 SPI compliance and a range of interfaces including Ultra SCSI andFibre Channel Arbitrated Loop, the Barracuda 4LP continues Seagate's traditionof superior performance, quality and reliability.

Barracuda
4LP Family

ST32171N
Barracuda 4LP
ST32171W
ST32171WD
ST32171WC
ST32171DC
Barracuda 4LP
ST32171FC
Barracuda 4LP
ST34371N
Barracuda 4LP
ST34371W
ST34371WD
ST34371WC
ST34371DC
Barracuda 4LP
ST34371FC
Barracuda 4LP
Formatted Capacity,
Gbytes
(512 bytes/sector)

2.15

2.15

2.15

4.35

4.35

4.35

Interface

UltraSCSI
(8-bit)

UltraSCSI
(16-bit SCA)

Fibre Channel
Dual Port

UltraSCSI
(8-bit)

UltraSCSI
(16-bit SCA)

Fibre Channel
Dual Port

Performance
Internal Transfer Rate,
ZBR (Mbits/sec)

75 to 120

75 to 120

75 to 120

75 to 120

75 to 120

75 to 120

External Transfer Rate (Mbytes/sec)

20 Sync

40 Sync

100 Sync

20 Sync

40 Sync

100 Sync

Multisegmented Cache (Kbytes)

512

512

512

512

512

512

Track-to-Track Seek Read/Write (msec)

0.8/0.9

0.8/0.9

0.8/0.9

0.8/0.9

0.8/0.9

0.8/0.9

Average Seek (msec)

8/9

8/9

8/9

8/9

8/9

8/9

Maximum Seek
(msec)

17/19

17/19

17/19

17/19

17/19

17/19

Spindle Speed (RPM)

7,200

7,200

7,200

7,200

7,200

7,200

Average Latency
(msec)

4.17

4.17

4.17

4.17

4.17

4.17

Configuration/Organization
Discs/Data Surfaces

3

3

3

5

5

5

Read/Write Heads

6

6

6

10

10

10

Servo Head

Embedded

Embedded

Embedded

Embedded

Embedded

Embedded

Bytes per Sector (typ)

512

512

512

512

512

512

Cylinders

5,288

5,288

5,288

5,288

5,288

5,288

Recording Method

PRML

PRML

PRML

PRML

PRML

PRML

Reliability and Data Integrity
MTBF
(power on hours)

1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

Recoverable Read Errors per Bits Read

1 per 1010

1 per 1010

1 per 1010

1 per 1010

1 per 1010

1 per 1010

Nonrecoverable Read
Errors per Bits Read

1 per 1014

1 per 1014

1 per 1014

1 per 1014

1 per 1014

1 per 1014

Seek Errors
(per seek)

1 per 107

1 per 107

1 per 107

1 per 107

1 per 107

1 per 107

Limited Warranty (yrs)

5

5

5

5

5

5

Power Requirements
+12 VDC +/-5%
(amps typ/max)

0.46/1.8

0.46/1.8

0.46/1.8

0.54/1.8

0.54/1.8

0.54/1.8

+5 VDC +/-5% (amps)

0.54

0.54

0.54

0.54

0.54

0.54

Power (Idle watts)

9.0

9.0

9.0

10

10

10

Environmental
Operating
Temperature (°C)

5 to 50

5 to 50

5 to 50

5 to 50

5 to 50

5 to 50

Nonoperating
Temperature (°C)

-40 to 70

-40 to 70

-40 to 70

-40 to 70

-40 to 70

-40 to 70

Physical
Height (inches/mm)

1.0/25.4

1.0/25.4

1.0/25.4

1.0/25.4

1.0/25.4

1.0/25.4

Width (inches/mm)

4.0/101.6

4.0/101.6

4.0/101.6

4.0/101.6

4.0/101.6

4.0/101.6

Depth (inches/mm)

5.47/146.0

5.47/146.0

5.47/146.0

5.47/146.0

5.47/146.0

5.47/146.0

Weight (lb/kg)

1.4/0.57

1.4/0.57

1.4/0.57

1.5/0.68

1.5/0.68

1.5/0.68

Capacity calculated with typical sparing. Sparing is user optional.

Specifications subject to change without notice.

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