Western Digital Corp. AC24300 hard drive specifications

Western Digital Caviar ATA-33 4.3 GB Hard Drive

The award-winning WD Caviar family provides the best combination of performance, reliability and value for today's entry-level and mainstream desktop systems. Western Digital's WD Caviar hard drives allow host computers to send and receive data at higher rates resulting in increased performance and data integrity. Giant magnetoresistive heads meet the increasing capacity requirements and achieve significant increases in areal densities and performance levels. This Western Digital exclusive feature, automatically detects, isolates and repairs problem areas on the hard drive to prevent the loss of data. This proactive data-reliability feature improves drive performance through a continuous self-tuning process that performs scans and repairs while the drive is idle. Data Lifeguard is both an enhancement and an extension to Western Digital's S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) system that monitors and predicts the performance of hard drives.

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Manufacturer
Western Digital Corp.

HDD Part Number
AC24300


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General

Device Type
Hard drive - Internal hard drive

Width
4 in

Depth
5.7 in

Height
1 in

Weight
1.1 lbs

Hard Drive

Form Factor

Capacity
4.3 GB

Interface Type
ATA-33

Buffer Size
256 KB

Bytes per Sector
512

Performance

Drive Transfer Rate
33.3 MBps

Internal Data Rate
16 MBps

Seek Time
9.5 ms (average) / 19 ms (max)

Track-to-Track Seek Time
2 ms

Average Latency
5.5 ms

Spindle Speed
5400 rpm

Reliability

Mean time before failure
350,000 hour(s)

Storage Hard Drive / Non-Recoverable Errors
1 per 10^13

Start / Stop Cycles
40,000

Storage Controller

Type
None

Expansion / Connectivity

Connections
1 x Storage - ATA-33 - 40 pin IDC

Compatible Bays
1 x Internal - 3.5" x 1/3H

Compatible Slots
x None

Miscellaneous

Cables Included
None

Power

Power Device
None

Software / System Requirements

Software Included
None

OS Required
None

Manufacturer Warranty

Service & Support
1 year warranty

Service & Support Details
Limited warranty - Parts and labor - 1 year - Bring-in

Environmental Parameters

Min Operating Temperature
41 �F

Max Operating Temperature
131 �F

Humidity Range Operating
5 - 85%

Shock Tolerance
10 g @ 3ms half-sine pulse (operating) / 150 g @ 3ms half-sine pulse (non-operating)

Vibration Tolerance
0.75 g @ 20-300 Hz (operating) / 4 g @ 20-500 Hz (non-operating)

Sound Emission
37 dBA


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