Maxtor 10K V Reliability

•MaXAdaptTM

~Adaptive Active Filter (AAF)

~Rotational Vibration Compensation (RVC)

~Adaptive Bias Estimation (ABE)

~Virtual Cache Line (VCL)

•Ultra 320 Performance Enhancements

~Double Transition (DT) Data Transfer

~Free Running Clock (FRC)

~Skew Compensation

~Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)

~Domain Validation

~Information Unit (IU) Transfers

~Transmitter Pre-Compensation with Cutback

~Quick Arbitration and Selection (QAS)

~Asynchronous Information Protection (AIP)

~SCSI Bus Fairness

~Flow Control

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

•Transparent media defect mapping

•High performance, in-line defective sector skipping

•Reassignment of defective sectors discovered in the field, without reformatting

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

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

Maxtor Atlas 10K V 2-3