IBM 10K3799 manual Media speeds, Media Compatibility, Drive-performance specifications

The following table lists the environmental specifications for the Slimline drive. You can mount the drive vertically or horizontally.

Environmental Requirements:
Specification	Operational	Nonoperational
Temperature	+5° C to +52° C (+41° F	-30° C to +60° C (-22° F to
(noncondensing)	to +125.6° F)	+140° F)
Relative humidity	15% to 85%	10% to 90%
(noncondensing)

Media speeds

Drive Write/Read Speeds:
Function	Supported speed
Read (CD-ROM/CD-R disc)	10X to 24X MAX
Read (CD-RW disc)	5.3X to 12X MAX
Read (DVD-ROM)	3.3X to 8X MAX
Read (DVD-RAM)	2X ZCLV (2.6 GB), 1X ZCLV (4.7 GB)

Media Compatibility

Function	CD-R media compatibility	CD-RW media
		compatibility
Reads	ALL	ALL

Drive-performance specifications

The following table lists the performance specifications of the Slimline drive.

Note: 1 MB is approximately 1 000 000 bytes of data per second.

Drive performance:

Feature	Specification
Burst data transfer rate	16.7	MB per second (ATA PIO Mode 4)
	16.7	MB per second (ATA multi-word
	DMA Mode 2) 33.3 MB per second
	(ATA Ultra-DMA mode 2)
Average access time (including latency)	85 ms (CD-ROM)
DVD-ROM	Single layer 95 ms
	Dual layer 130 ms

A-28X Slimline DVD-ROM Drive: User’s Guide