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Review Summary
The Seagate 2TB Barracuda Green Hard Drive offers an environmentally-sound storage solution, thanks to the eco friendly construction and low power (5.8 W operating power) consumption. A 6 Gbps SATA interface and 64 MB cache improves performance in cache-demanding applications. In addition, the hard drive features an average seek time of 12 ms / 13 ms (read / write), an average latency of 4.1 ms and a rotational speed of 5900 RPM.
SmartAlign technology determines Advanced Format misalignment conditions without compromising on the hard drive's performance. In addition, this technology makes the drive compatible with Advanced Format 4K sector standard without the need for additional software utilities. An operating shock resistance rating of 80 G and non-operating shock rating of 300 G makes the drive capable of withstanding accidental drops.
Furthermore, the hard drive supports sustained data transfer rate up to 144 Mbps. Compatible with Windows 7 operating system, the Barracuda Green hard drive is suitable for applications using Direct Attached Storage devices, Network Attached Storage devices, Windows storage servers and eco-friendly PCs.