C
HEETAH
15K.7 FC P
RODUCT
M
ANUAL
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4.0
P
ERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
This section provides detailed information concerning performance-related characteristics and features of Cheetah 15K.7 FC
drives.
4.1
I
NTERNAL DRIVE CHARACTERISTICS
ST3600057FC
ST3450857FC
ST3300657FC
ST3600957FC
ST3450757FC
ST3300557FC
ST3600857FC
ST3450657FC
ST3300457FC
Drive capacity
600
450
300
Gbytes (formatted, rounded off value)
*
Read/write data heads
8
6
4
Tracks per inch
165,000
165,000
165,000
TPI
Peak bits per inch
1,361
1,361
1,361
KBPI
Areal Density
225
225
225
Gbits/inch
2
Internal data rate
1.49 - 2.37
1.49 - 2.37
1.49 - 2.37
Gbits/sec (max)
disk rotation speed
15k
15k
15k
RPM
Avg rotational latency
2.0
2.0
2.0
msec
*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting.
4.2
S
EEK PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
See Section 11.5, "FC-AL physical interface" on page 56 and the
Fibre Channel Interface Manual
(part number 77767496)
for additional timing details.
4.2.1
Access time
N
OT INCLUDING CONTROLLER
OVERHEAD
2
(
MSEC
)
1
1.
Typical access times are measured under nominal conditions of temperature, voltage, and
horizontal orientation as measured on a representative sample of drives.
,
Average
Typical
3.4
3.9
Single track
Typical
0.2
0.44
Full stroke
Typical
6.6
7.4
2.
Access to data =
access time
+ latency time.
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EAD
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RITE