Medium Optical Disk (RW551/RW552) Library
1–8
EK–MOL80–SV. B01
Recording Characteristics (continuous-composite format)
1X
2X
4X
Formatted Capacity
Bytes per sector
1024 (512)
1024 (512)
1024 (512)
Sectors per logical
17 (31)
17 (31)
17 (31)
track
Logical tracks
18,751
37,473 (37,527)
75,732 (73,732
per surface
Archival life
30 years
30 years
Table 1–4 Optical Disk Standards Met by Digital Optical Disks
Type
Capacity/Format
Standard
1X –
594 Mbyte 512
bytes/sector
650 Mbyte 1024
bytes/sector
Meets ANSI and ISO standards for Continuous –
Composite (CC) format – conforms to ISO/IEC
DIS 10089A; ISO/IEC 13549; ISO/IEC N828;
ANSI X3.212-1994
2X –
1.2 Gbyte 512
bytes/sector
1.3 Gbyte
Meets ECMA 184 standard for Continuous –
Composite (CC) format
Rewritable
594 byte 512
bytes/sector
650 Mbyte
1024 † bytes/sector
Meets ISO and ANSI standards for Continuous –
Composite – Write-Once format (CCW) – con-
forms to ISO/IEC DIS 11560; ANSI X3.220-199x
4X –
2.3 Gbyte 512
bytes/sector
2.6 Gbyte 1,024
bytes/sector
Meets ISO/IEC 10089A, 11560, and 14517 stan-
dards for - Continuous - Composite - (CC) format
1X –
594 Mbyte 512
bytes/sector
650 Mbyte 1024
bytes/sector
Meets ANSI and ISO standards for Continuous –
Composite (CC) format – conforms to ISO/IEC
DIS 11560; ANSI X3.220-1994
Write-Once
4X –
2.3 Gbyte 512
bytes/sector
2.6 Gbyte 1,024
bytes/sector
Meets ISO/IEC 10089A, 11560, and 14517 stan-
dards for - Continuous - Composite - (CC) format