Amazing Versatility
Get the most out of your storage with BarraCuda hard drives. From computers full of photos and memories to gaming PCs that need more room to play, BarraCuda grows with you.

Laptop and Mobile Storage
Experience the highest capacity, and the thinnest 2.5-inch hard drive you’ve ever seen. Choose from 500 GB to 2 TB of massive storage for all of your application and data needs along with a slim 7 mm form factor drive that makes system upgrades very easy.

Multi-Tier Caching Technology
All hard drives in the BarraCuda family come equipped with Multi-Tier Caching Technology (MTC). MTC takes your PC to new performance levels, so you can load applications and files faster than ever before. By applying intelligent layers of NAND Flash, DRAM and media cache technologies, BarraCuda delivers improved read and write performance by optimising data flow.

Trusted Dependability
The BarraCuda family of reliable hard drives is here to stay, for years to come.

- Experience — For more than 20 years, Seagate has manufactured and delivered the super-reliable BarraCuda family of drives
- BarraCuda — Seagate's drive-reliability data simply speaks for itself, and the BarraCuda family is often recognised by leading publications and customers

Specification

Product
Product id	554792
Brand	Seagate Technology
Partnr	ST500LM030
EAN/UPC code	7636490076527
Warranty (months)	24 months
Features
HDD size	2.5
HDD capacity	500 GB
HDD speed	5400 RPM
Interface	Serial ATA III
Type	HDD
Storage drive buffer size	128 MB
HDD sustained transfer rate	140 MiB/s
Average latency	5.6 ms
Bytes per sector	4096
Power
Power consumption (idle)	0.45 W
Power consumption (write)	1.7 W
Power consumption (read)	1.6 W
Operating voltage	5 V
Start-up current	1 A
Operational conditions
Operating temperature (T-T)	0 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	5 - 95 procent
Storage relative humidity (H-H)	5 - 95 procent
Operating shock	400 G
Non-operating shock	1000 G
Technical details
Sustainability certificates	RoHS
Weight & dimensions
Width	69.85 mm
Height	7 mm
Depth	100.35 mm
Weight	90 g
Packaging data
Storage drive adapter included	N