Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
1. Overview of the Drives
1
What are the Drives?
1
Differences Between the Models
1
Features of the Drive
2
Drive Composition
3
Mechanical Design Features
3
Drive Assembly Housing
4
Head Positioning Mechanism
5
Read/Write Heads and Disks
5
Data and Power Connections
5
Electrical Design Features
5
Integrated Circuit
5
Circuit Board
5
Firmware
6
2. Specifications
9
Specifications in this Chapter
9
Drive Capacity
10
Formatted Capacity*
10
Physical Configuration
10
Physical Configuration
10
Performance Characteristics
11
Seek Times (typical)*
11
Average Latency
11
Rotation Speed (+0.1%)
11
Controller Overhead
11
Start Time(Power Up)*
11
Stop Time at Power Down
11
Interleave
11
Read/Write Characteristics
12
Recording Method
12
Recording Density (maximum)
12
Flux Density (maximum)
12
Host Interface Characteristics
12
Command Set
12
Data Transfer Rate
12
Maximum Synchronous Transfer Offset:
12
Maximum Tagged Command Queue Depth:
12
Buffer Size:
12
Reliability
13
Data Reliability
13
Component Design Life
13
Mean Time Between Failures:
13
Preventive Maintenance
13
Power Requirements (Typical)
14
Minimum/Maximum Voltage:
14
Environmental Tolerances
15
