Seagate’s Eco-friendly HDD: Over 70% Can Be Recycled, 20% Faster

Over 70 percent of the materials used to manufacture Seagate’s latest eco-friendly Barracuda LP HDD, the Barracuda Green, can be recycled. It is up to 20 percent faster than any other eco-friendly hard drives; wrote Seagate on the Barracuda Green’s Product Overview.

This hard drive benefits from cool and quiet operation, and some technology that is said to deliver best-in-class performance while allowing for seamless integration into a system without the need for additional performance utilities. The low power storage solutions are also reported to be the industry’s highest-performance of this 3.5-inch desktop drive.

It retains the same 5900 RPM spin speed as the LP drives before them, but now include Seagate’s SmartAlign technology. The drive sector sizes, which is being migrated from the current 512 bytes to 4096 bytes, or 4K, lead to higher capacity points and improved error correction. The SmartAlign solution simplifies installation while eliminating the need for time-consuming drive performance utilities.

It is now ready for shipping worldwide; comes in 1TB, 1.5TB and 2TB capacities. gizmag.com, seagate.com