2.1 Data Buffer

6)When transfer of all the specified data is completed, the IDD reports the status and terminates the command.

Note:

In order to avoid frequent repetition of the disconnect/reconnect processing after data transfer starts on the SCSI bus, and avoid the occurrence of data overruns, it is necessary to set the buffer full ratio (see Section 2.1.2) of the MODE SELECT parameter so the difference in the data transfer rates between the INIT (SCSI bus) and the disk drive is maintained in a good balance.

Figure 2.2 shows an example of the data buffer operating state during a read operation. Details are explained in Section 2.1.2.

Sector

Disk

Amount of Data

in the Buffer

Buffer Full Ratio

SCSI Bus

DATA IN

Reconnection

Data Storage Completion Wait

Figure 2.2 Example of data buffer operation during read

(2)Write operation

After data transferred from the INIT are stored temporarily in the data buffer, they are written to the disk media. The basic write operation procedure is as shown below.

1)When the IDD receives a command and disconnects, it immediately reconnects and enters the DATA OUT phase and stores data transferred from the INIT to the data buffer (data pre-fetch). At this time, the IDD locates the position of the data block on the disk media specified by the command in parallel.

When storing of all the data specified in the command in the data buffer is completed, or if the empty space in the data buffer is all filled during data storage due to the volume of the specified data, the IDD performs disconnect processing and disconnects from the SCSI bus.

2)When locating of the target data block on the disk media is completed, the IDD writes the data in the data buffer to the disk media. If the target data block location operation is completed during the data pre-fetch processing in 1), writing of data to the disk media is performed in parallel with the data pre-fetch to the data buffer.

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MAP3735, MAP3147, MAS3367, MAP3367, MAS3735 specifications

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