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General Description
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Quantum Fireball Plus AS 10.2/20.5/30.0/40.0/60.0 GB AT
Performance
• Average seek time of 8.5 ms
• Average rotational latency of 4.17 ms
• New Ultra ATA interface with Quantum-patented Ultra ATA/100 protocol
supporting burst data transfer rates of 100 MB/s.
• 2 MB buffer with 1.9 MB (approximate) Advance Cache Management
(ACM).
• Look-ahead DisCache feature with continuous prefetch and WriteCache
write-buffering capabilities
• AutoTask Register update, Multi-block AutoRead, and Multi-block
AutoWrite features in a custom ASIC
• Read-on-arrival firmware
• Quadruple-burst ECC, and double burst ECC on-the-fly
• 1:1 interleave on read/write operations
• Support of all standard ATA data transfer modes with PIO mode 4 and
multiword DMA mode 2, and Ultra DMA modes 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
• Adaptive cache segmentation
Reliability
• 625,000 hours mean time between failure (MTBF) in the field
• Automatic retry on read errors
• 344-bit, interleaved Reed-Solomon Error Correcting Code (ECC), with cross
checking correction up to four separate bursts of 32 bits each totalling up to
128 bits in length
• S.M.A.R.T. 4 (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology)
• Patented Airlock
®
automatic shipping lock, magnetic actuator retract, and
dedicated landing zone
• Transparent media defect mapping
• High performance, in-line defective sector skipping
• Reassignment of defective sectors discovered in the field, without
reformatting
• Shock Protection System to reduce handling induced failures
• Data Protection System to verify drive integrity
• Quiet Drive Technology (QDT)
Versatility
• Power saving modes
• Downloadable firmware
• Cable select feature
• Ability to daisy-chain two drives on the interface
Summary of Contents for FIREBALL PLUS AS 10.2
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