C
HEETAH
15K.7 SAS P
RODUCT
M
ANUAL
, R
EV
. F
8
4.0
P
ERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
This section provides detailed information concerning performance-related characteristics and features of Cheetah 15K.7
drives.
4.1
I
NTERNAL DRIVE CHARACTERISTICS
ST3600057SS
ST3450857SS
ST3300657SS
ST3600957SS
ST3450757SS
ST3300557SS
ST3600857SS
ST3450657SS
ST3300457SS
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 TIME
See Section 11.4.1, "SAS physical interface" on page
47
and
the
SAS Interface Manual
(part number 100293071) for
additional timing details.
4.2.1
Access time
N
OT
I
NCLUDING 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
4.2.2
Format command execution time (minutes)
When changing sector sizes, the format times shown below may need to be increased by 30 minutes.
Note.
There is approximately a 1.5 increase in time to format a SED drive versus a non-SED drive of the same capacity.
Execution time measured from receipt of the last byte of the Command Descriptor Block (CDB) to the request for a Status
Byte Transfer to the Initiator (excluding connect/disconnect).
2.
Access to data = access time + latency time.
R
EAD
W
RITE
600GB
450GB
300GB
Maximum (with verify)
119
90
58
Maximum (without verify)
60
45
29