Specifications
Max to r Atl a s 10 K III 4-11
Tab le 4-9 p ro v i d e s the er ro r rates fo r the Maxtor Atlas 10K III ha rd d isk d ri v e .
Error Rates
1. Re c o vered read erro rs are erro rs w h i ch req u i re re tries for dat a correction .
Er ro rs corrected by ECC on -th e- f ly are n o t con s id e red re cov ere d read
errors. Read on arrival i s disabled to meet this specification.
2. U nc o rrectable read e rro rs are th o s e th at are n o t correctab le usin g an Erro r
Co rrecting Code (ECC), or retr ies within the retr y limits specified in the
mode pages. The drive t erminat es the command either when a repeating
er ro r p a ttern occu rs , o r after both t he s p eci f i e d num b er of retri es an d
appl ication of tri p le burst erro r correcti on fail to co rrect the erro r.
3. A seek error occurs when the actuator fails to reach or remain on the
requested cylinder, and/or th e drive requires the execution of the full
calibration routine to locate the requested cylinder.
Recovered read err or s <10 events per 10 bits read
Uncorrectable read errors 1 event per 10 bi ts read
Seek Errors <10 events per 10 seeks