Travelstar 5K160 (PATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification
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Mechanical positioning
4.4.1.1
Average seek time (including settling)
Command Type
Typical (ms)
Max. (ms)
Read 11 14
Write 13 15
Table 5. Mechanical positioning performance
Typical and Max. are defined throughout the performance specification as follows:
Typical
Average of the drive population tested at nominal environmental and voltage conditions.
Max.
Maximum value measured on any one drive over the full range of the environmental and
voltage conditions. (See section 6.1 “Environment” and 6.2 “DC power requirements” on
page 24)
The seek time is measured from the start of motion of the actuator to the start of a reliable read or write operation. A
reliable read or write operation implies that error correction/recovery is not employed to correct arrival problems.
The Average Seek Time is measured as the weighted average of all possible seek combinations.
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4.4.1.2
Full stroke seek
Command Type
Typical (ms)
Max. (ms)
Read 20.0 25.0
Write 21.0 26.0
Table 6. Full stroke seek time
Full stroke seek time in milliseconds is the average time of 1000 full stroke seeks.
4.4.1.3
Single track seek time (without command overhead, including settling)
Command Type
Typical (ms)
Maximum (ms)
Read 1.0
2.0
Write 1.1
2.2
Table 7. Single track seek time
Single track seek is measured as the average of one (1) single track seek from every track in both directions (inward
and outward).
4.4.1.4 Average
latency
Rotational Speed (RPM)
Time for one revolution (ms)
Average Latency
(ms)
5400 11.1 5.5
Table 8. Latency time