8TB Hard Drive Overview
If you want to buy a hard drive for your laptop or PC, Seagate is the best manufacturers. The brand has maintained a trusted quality of more than 30 years.
While choosing a hard drive, you need a trusted partner as you want to store your valuable data; for this reason, Seagate is the best source of data storage devices.
Seagate 8GB Hard drive specifications
Model
It is a bare drive with model No. ST8000DM004. It is a fine product from the Seagate BarraCuda series. The BarraCuda internal hardware design allows you fast access and fast storage in all the memory locations.
Performance
- The interface SATA 6.0 GB /s helps you optimize the internal function of the system. It helps regulate the temperature of the computer system, so the data is not lost due to heat.
- The maximum storage capacity is 8TB. It is an ideal memory storage. You can install an 8TB HDD in your gaming computers and laptops to download as many games as possible.
- The cache for 8TB HDD is 256 MB.
- It provides an excellent speed for data transfer. It can also read the data from memory at the same speed. The speed is estimated to be 190 MB per second.
- It can read the errors with a speed of 10 raised to power 14 times.
- There are more than 350000 loads and unloads cycles per second. These continuous data transfer in clock cycles can allow fast access and speed of the HDD.
- The error has located memory to some of your project is reduced to 1 in trillions. This ensures that no data will be lost if you are using Seagate 8 TB HDD.
Working environment
The HDD requires an active power supply of 5.6 Watts if this power supply is not present. There is a change of data to be lost.
It required 1.8 Amperes current that is approximately 11 volt supply.
Temperature conditions
The chips need a proper temperature regulation for efficient performance. The ideal temperature conditions to read and write data effectively are recorded to be:
Operating temperature – 0 to 60 degrees Celsius and 30 degrees to 140 degrees Fahrenheit.
Storage temperature - -40 degrees to 70 degrees in Celsius and -48 degrees to 158 degrees in Fahrenheit.
DiscWizard software
It is a pre-installed app on the hard drive which is responsible for the fast access to memory location. It also helps you to transfer data effectively if you are shifting to higher memory devices than 2 TB.
Western 8 TB external hard drive
This external hard drive enables you to connect to any device where you want to transfer data. It can store data, documents, images, videos, etc.
Western 8 TB External HDD specifications
It has a black carbon plastic body that is unbreakable due to the strong material.
WD software
WD backup software
It is pre-installed in the drive. If the data is lost due to any mishap, it can be easily recovered using this software.
WD Security software
It provides a password control on your private and confidential files. The software works when the user enables the security feature, and he/she can later set a personalized password.
WD Discovery software
It can connect to cloud storage and gather your files and images from the cloud as well—for example, Google drive, cloud drive, Facebook, etc.
Performance
- The HDD is capable of connecting with USB ports, whether it is 2.0 or 3.0.
- It can read and read data with a speed of 190 MB per second.
The drivers are pre-installed which allows you fast access to your files