(1)Disks
The disks have an outer diameter of 84 mm (3.3 inch) and an inner diameter of 25 mm (0.98 inch). The disks are good for at least 50,000 contact starts and stops.
(2)Heads
The MR (Magnet - Resistive) of the CSS (contact start/stop) type heads are in contact with the disks when the disks are not rotating, and automatically float when the rotation is started.
(3)Spindle motor
The disks are rotated by a
(4)Actuator
The actuator, which uses a rotary voice coil motor (VCM), consumes little power and generates little heat. The heads at the end of the actuator arm is controlled and positioned via feedback of servo information in the data.
The heads are positioned on the CCS zone over the disks when the power is off or the spindle motor is stopped.
(5)Air circulation (recirculation filter, breather filter)
The disk enclosure (DE) configures a clean room to keep out particle and other contaminants. The DE has a
(6)Read/write circuit
The read/write circuit utilizes a read channel mounted with a head IC that supports
(7)Controller circuit
The controller circuit uses LSIs to increase the reliability and uses a high speed microprocessing unit (MPU) to increase the performance of the SCSI controller.
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