Samsung Spinpoint F1 Hard Disk Drive
Industrys First Three-disk Solution for Terabyte Storage
The Samsung Spinpoint F1 drive offers a superior combination of density, recording quality and reliability.
Better Reliability, Less Energy Consumption Than Other Options
The Samsung Spinpoint F1 is the first three-disk hard drive delivering a whopping 1TB of capacity along with sophisticated recording technology. With its compact, lightweight package and advanced design, the F1 drive offers many advantages for high-density applications compared to using two 500GB drives or a four- or five-disk solution. Compared to a five-disk 1TB solution, the F1 Series consumes 13-16% less power and provides up to 20% faster performance. This 3Gbps SATA drive has a maximum of 334GB of formatted capacity per disk while also featuring Samsungs industry-leading NoiseGuardTM and SilentSeekTM technologies to eliminate acoustic noise. The Spinpoint F1 utilizes Samsung-developed perpendicular recording technology, which helps the drive set new records in both areal density and platter capacity.
Special Features for High-density Applications
Servers, high-end desktops, RAID systems and DVRs are among the applications well suited to the Spinpoint F1 drive. The drive is available with desktop PC- or RAID-level reliability. Mean time between failure for RAID reliability is up to 1.2 million hours. A rotational vibration sensor enables the drive to operate more efficiently in a RAID environment. For consumer applications, a power-saving code reduces power consumption while AV-optimized firmware cuts time delays during AV data recording. In general, the Samsung drive offers a superior combination of density, recording quality and reliability.

Key Features

Reliability Beats Competition
The Spinpoint F1 requires fewer components than competing solutions while delivering enhanced reliability versus a 1TB drive with four or five disks or two 500GB disks. With fewer heads and disks, the F1 statistically has a lower probability of headdisk failures. According to estimates, this Samsung drive has a 50% lower failure rate than a two500GB-drive solution and as much as 31% fewer failures than five-platter 1TB drives.
Maximum 334GB formatted capacity each in 3 disks SATA 3Gbps interface support SATA native command queuing Supports staggered spin up Hot-plug capability Device-initiated power management ATA S.M.A.R.T. compliant ATA automatic acoustic management feature set Asynchronous Signal Loss notification PMR technology Flying-on-Demand technology Optional rotational vibration controller NoiseGuard and SilentSeek noise suppression

Model & Buffer

CAPACITY1 8MB 16MB 32MB
320GB HD321HJ HD322HJ N/A
500GB HD501lJ HD502IJ N/A
750GB N/A HD752LJ HD753LJ

1TB N/A HD102UJ HD103UJ

Servers, high-end desktops, RAID systems and DVRs are among the applications well suited to the Spinpoint F1 drive.

DRIVE CONFIGURATION Interface Bytes per Sector Buffer DRAM Size
Serial ATA 3.0 Gbps 512 8/16/32 MB
PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS Read Seek Time (typ.) Track-to-Track Average Full Stroke Average Latency Rotational Speed2 Data Transfer Rate Media to/from Buffer (max.) Buffer to/from Host (max.) Drive Ready Time (typ.)
0.8 ms 8.9 ms 20 ms 4.17 ms 7,200 RPM 175 MB/sec 300 MB/sec 10 sec
environmental specifications Temperature Operating 0-60oC Non-operating 40-70oC Thermal Gradient (max) 30oC/hr Humidity (non-condensing) Operating 5-90 % Non operating 5-95 % Linear Shock (1/2 sine pulse) Operating, 2ms 70 G Non-operating,2ms 1 disk 350 G 2/3 disk 300 G Altitude (relative to sea level) Operating, 2ms -1,000 to 10,000 feet Non-operating, 2ms -1,000 to 40,000 feet Power requirements Voltage Spin Up Current (12V) Seek4 Read/Write Idle Standby5 Sleep5
Reliability Specifications Non-recoverable Read Error1 sector in 1014 bits MTBF 600,000 POH Start/Stop Cycles (Ambient) 50,000 Component Design Life 5 years Acoustics (Average sound power)3 Idle 1 disk 2.45 Bel 2/3 disk 2.7 Bel Performance Seek 1 disk 2.8 Bel 2/3 disk 2.9 Bel Quiet Seek 1 disk 2.75 Bel 2/3 disk 2.8 Bel Physical dimensionS Height Length Width Weight
+5V5% 1 disk 2/3 disk 1 disk 2/3 disk 1 disk 2/3 disk 1 disk 2/3 disk 1 disk 2/3 disk 1 disk 2/3 disk
+12V10% 2.0 A 2.3 A 9.5 W 13.4 W 8.0 W 9.5 W 5.4 W 8.2 W 1.0 W 1.2 W 1.0 W 1.2 W
26.10 mm 147.00 mm 101.60 mm 672 grams
1. 1MB=1,000,000 bytes Accessible capacity may vary because some OSes use binary numbering systems for reported capacity 2. 200RPM class. Actual speed can be slightly different 7 3. verage value with a high-performance cover A 4. andom seek with 30% duty cycle R 5. ower consumption with/without slumber mode P Notes: Design and specifications are subject to change without prior notice.
Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. 3655 North First St., San Jose, CA 95134-1713 Tel: 408-544-4000 FAX: 408-544-4950 www.usa.samsungsemi.com
2007. The appearance of all products, dates, figures, diagrams and tables are subject to change at any time without notice. Samsung, NoiseGuard and SilentSeek are trademarks of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. All other names and brands are the property of their respective owners. DS-07-STOR-001 Printed 6/07