Barracuda Green features Seagate SmartAlign technology for seamless transition to 4K sector desktop hard drives<\/p>\n
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. \u2014 December 15, 2010 \u2014 Seagate (NASDAQ:STX) today announced the availability of the Barracuda\u00ae Green hard drive, the industry\u2019s highest performance eco-friendly 3.5-inch desktop drive for low-power personal computers, multi-drive home networking systems and external PC storage.<\/p>\n
The Barracuda Green hard drive, formerly Barracuda\u00ae LP, combines the industry\u2019s highest spin speed (5900 RPM) with Seagate\u2019s SmartAlign\u2122 technology to deliver best-in-class performance. SmartAlign technology enables all the benefits of the new 4K sector standard while simplifying drive installation by eliminating the need for utilities often required to ensure optimum drive performance. The cool-running, lower-power Barracuda Green hard drive delivers whisper-quiet acoustics and helps reduce system costs associated with the fans and power supply devices often required for power-hungry systems.<\/p>\n
Barracuda Green hard drives also support Seagate Think Green\u2122 programs for a greener more sustainable world:<\/p>\n
\u2022 70 percent or more of the materials used to build the drive can be recycled.<\/p>\n
\u2022 All Barracuda Green drives use low halogen components to reduce the negative environmental impacts related to these substances.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Barracuda Green is designed and built to the highest environmental standards.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot only do Barracuda\u00ae Green drives offer environmental improvements in power consumption and material usage, but these drives are also among the first hard drives from Seagate to offer SmartAlign\u2122 technology,\u201d said BanSeng Teh, vice president and managing director of Seagate Asia Pacific and Japan. \u201cThis is important because the industry is transitioning to 4K sector formatting called Advanced Format to improve capacities and maintain strong error correction. However, the transition to Advanced Format without SmartAlign\u2122 technology can be complex and require additional integration steps and software utilities to avoid performance degradation. SmartAlign technology removes these concerns and makes this transition virtually invisible for our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Barracuda Green hard drive, offered in capacities of 2TB, 1.5TB and 1TB, is now shipping to the worldwide distribution channel.<\/p>\n
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Copyright 2010 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Printed in USA. Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and\/or other countries. Barracuda and SmartAlign are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its affiliated companies in the United States and\/or other countries. When referring to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one thousand billion bytes. Your computer\u2019s operating system may use a different standard of measurement and report a lower capacity. In addition, some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions and will not be available for data storage. Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Barracuda Green features Seagate SmartAlign technology for seamless transition to 4K sector desktop hard drives SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. \u2014 December 15, 2010 \u2014 Seagate (NASDAQ:STX) today announced the availability of the Barracuda\u00ae Green hard drive, the industry\u2019s highest performance eco-friendly 3.5-inch desktop drive for low-power personal computers, multi-drive home networking systems and external PC storage.<\/p>\n