S
AVVIO
10K.5 SAS P
RODUCT
M
ANUAL
, R
EV
. J
9
4.0
P
ERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
This section provides detailed information concerning performance-related characteristics and features of Savvio drives.
4.1
I
NTERNAL DRIVE CHARACTERISTICS
ST9900805SS
ST9600205SS
ST9450405SS
ST9300605SS
ST9900705SS
ST9600105SS
ST9450305SS
ST9300505SS
ST9900605SS
ST9600005SS
ST9450205SS
ST9300405SS
Drive capacity
900
600
450
300
GB
(formatted, rounded off value)
Read/write data heads
6
4
3
2
Bytes per track
821.4
821.4
821.4
821.4
KBytes
(avg, rounded off values)
Bytes per surface
151,800
151,800
151,800
151,800
MB
(unformatted, rounded off value
)
Tracks per surface (total)
184,799
184,799
184,799
184,799
Tracks
(user accessible)
Tracks per inch
300
300
300
300
KTPI
(average)
Peak bits per inch
1686
1686
1686
1686
kBPI
Areal density
506
506
506
506
Gb/in
2
Disk rotation speed
10K
10K
10K
10K
rpm
Avg rotational latency
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
ms
4.2
S
EEK PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
See Section 11.4.1, "SAS physical interface" on page
60 and the
SAS Interface Manual
(part number 100293071) for
additional timing details.
4.2.1
Access time
I
2
NCLUDING CONTROLLER OVERHEAD
(
MS
)
1
1.
Execution time measured from receipt of the Command to the Response.
,
Average
900GB models
Typical
3,4
3.9
4.3
3.7
4.1
Single track
0.4
0.6
0.2
0.4
Full stroke
7.9
8.3
7.7
8.1
Average
600, 450, 300GB
models
Typical
4
3
3.
Typical access times are measured under nominal conditions of temperature, voltage, and horizontal orientation as measured on a representative
sample of drives.
,
4.
Access time = controller ov average seek time and applies to all data transfer commands.
Access to data = access time + latency time.
3.6
4.0
3.4
3.8
Single track
0.4
0.6
0.2
0.4
Full stroke
7.3
7.6
7.1
7.4
4.2.2
Format command execution time for 512-byte sectors (minutes)
900GB models
600GB models
450GB models
300GB models
Maximum (with verify)
234
156
117
78
Maximum (without verify)
116
75
58
36
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).
When changing sector sizes, the format times shown above may need to be increased by 30 minutes.
2.
Assumes no errors and no sector has been relocated.
N
OT INCLUDING CONTROLLER OVERHEAD
1,2
(
MS
)
R
EAD
W
RITE
R
EAD
W
RITE