General Description

Reliability

Automatic retry on read errors

360-bit, interleaved Reed-Solomon Error Correcting Code (ECC), with cross checking correction up to three separate bursts of 32 bits each totalling up to 96 bits in length

Self-diagnostic firmware

Patented Airlock® automatic shipping lock and dedicated landing zone

Transparent media defect mapping

High performance, in-line defective sector skipping

Reassignment of defective sectors discovered in the field, without reformatting

Shock Sensing prevents the drive from writing data to the disk when the drive is subjected to excessive external shock

Thermal Sensing monitors the drive temperature to ensure on-going drive reliability

Shock Protection System II (SPS II) protects the drive against specific types of handling events that could cause damage to the drive.

Versatility

Downloadable firmware

Plug-and-Play SCSI

SCSI-2, Ultra160 SCSI, and Ultra320 SCSI compatibility

￿￿￿4GIWNCVQT[Maxtor Corporation￿%QORNKCPEG’s disk￿5VCPFCTFUdrive products meet all domestic and international product safety regulatory compliance requirements. Maxtor’s disk drive products conform to the following specifically marked Product Safety Standards:

Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Standard 1950. This certificate is a category certification pertaining to all 3.5 of 5.25 inch series drives models.

Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Standard C.22.2 No. 1950. This certificate is a category certification pertaining to all 3.5 of 5.25 inch series drives models.

TUV Rheinland Standard EN60 950. This certificate is a category certification pertaining to all 3.5 of 5.25 inch series drives models.

Maxtor Atlas 10K III 2-3

Page 25
Image 25
Maxtor 10K III manual General Description