Appendix A - Technical Specifications

Mass Storage Specifications

Hard Disk Drive
The hard disk drive can be removed by the user for easy upgrades.Hard drive manufacturers are subject to change without notice.
Table 24 - Hard Disk Drive Specifications

 

810-million-byte

1.35-billion-byte

1.44-billion-

2.1-billion-byte

3.1-billion-

 

 

 

byte

 

byte

Manufacturer

Toshiba

Toshiba

Toshiba

Toshiba

Toshiba

Interface

ATA2

ATA2

ATA2 /ATA3

ATA2 /ATA3

ATA2 /ATA3

Recording

PRML (Partial

PRML (Partial

PRML (Partial

PRML (Partial

PRML (Partial

Method

Response

Response

Response

Response

Response

 

Maximum

Maximum

Maximum

Maximum

Maximum

 

likelihood)

likelihood)

likelihood)

likelihood)

likelihood)

Heads

Peak Detect

MR (Magneto

MR (Magneto

MR (Magneto

MR (Magneto

 

 

Resistive)

Resistive)

Resistive)

Resistive)

Average access

13 ms

13 ms

13 ms

13 ms

13 ms

(read)

 

 

 

 

 

Track to track

3 ms

3 ms

3 ms

3 ms

3 ms

seek

 

 

 

 

 

Full Track

25 ms

25 ms

25 ms

25 ms

25 ms

Average latency

7.14 ms

7.14 ms

7.14 ms

7.4 ms

6.18 ms

Rotational speed

4200 rev/m

4200 rev/m

4200 rev/m

4200 rev/m

4852 rev/m

Media Transfer

24.7 (inner), 44.9

38.1 (inner), 54.8

38.6 (inner),

38.6 (inner),

43.8 (inner),

rate

(Outer) Mbits/sec

(Outer) Mbits/sec

69.8 (Outer)

69.8 (Outer)

68.9 (Outer)

 

 

 

Mbits/sec

Mbits/sec

Mbits/sec

Buffer to host

16.6 Mbytes/sec

16.6 Mbytes/sec

16.6 Mbytes/sec

16.6 Mbytes/sec

16.6

 

 

 

 

 

Mbytes/sec

Buffer size

128KB (read and

128KB (read and

128KB (read

128KB (read

128KB (read

 

write segmented

write segmented

and write

and write

and write

 

buffer)

buffer)

segmented

segmented

segmented

 

 

 

buffer)

buffer)

buffer)

Spindle start time

5 sec (typical)

5 sec (typical)

5 sec (typical)

5 sec (typical)

5 sec (typical)

Reliability:

 

 

 

 

 

MTBF: Power-

300,000 hours

300,000 hours

300,000 hours

300,000 hours

300,000 hours

on Hours

 

 

 

 

 

Unrecoverable

1.0E-13 bits

1.0E-13 bits

1.0E-13 bits

1.0E-13 bits

1.0E-13 bits

errors

transfer

transfer

transfer

transfer

transfer

Configuration:

 

 

 

 

 

Sector Size

512 Bytes

512 Bytes

512 Bytes

512 Bytes

512 Bytes

User Cylinders

2,920

3,650

5,160

5,160

5,020

Data Heads

6

6

4

6

10

Disks

3

3

2

3

5

95