Quantum Fireball Plus AS manual Outstanding Performance and Reliability, The Market

Fireball Plus AS

10.2AT 30.0AT 20.5AT 40.0AT 60.0AT

Outstanding Performance and Reliability

	The Market
	Besides traditional CAD/CAM, desktop
	publishing, DVD, multimedia, and
	financial modeling applications, power
	users are accessing e-commerce,
	participating in online gaming,
	downloading MP3 files and more.
	With innovations in speed, power
	and acoustics, Quantum Fireball™ Plus
	drives are the first choice in this
	market. Now, Quantum extends that
	leadership with the Fireball Plus AS
	drive family setting a new standard
Key Features and Benefits	in capacity, performance, acoustics,
	and reliability.

• Greater storage capacity. Industry-	The Industry’s Highest Areal Density
leading areal density: 20 GB per	To meet growing storage needs, Quantum
	is continually developing technologies
platter and up to 60 GB per drive
	that increase capacity without increasing
	the numbers of drive platters. In the

performance. New Quantum-
Data• HigherFireball Plus AS family, Quantum
developed Ultra ATA/100 interface	succeeded brilliantly, achieving the
delivers data transfer rates up to	industry’s highest areal density: 20 GB

per platter for a total of up to 60 GB per

100 MB/sec drive in a three-disk configuration.

Quieter Drive Operation

All this performance is delivered silently thanks to Quantum’s innovative Quiet Drive Technology (QDT) that gives Fireball Plus AS drives industry leading acoustics. For even greater acoustical performance, Quantum’s new Hydrodynamic Bearing (HDB) motor technology is available as an option in one- and two-platter models (10.2 GB, 20.5 GB, 30.0 GB and 40.0 GB).

Quantum Quality and Reliability

Quantum products are known for dependability—and Fireball Plus AS drives are no exception. Each drive has the latest Quantum reliability technology, including the Shock Protection System II (SPS II) and the Quantum Data Protection System (DPS). Good reasons why throughout the world, Quantum is synonymous with quality.

•Quiet operation. New Quiet Drive Technology delivers the industry’s best acoustics, with Hydrodynamic Bearing motors, available as

an option on some models, for enhanced acoustical performance

•Solid reliability. Featuring the latest advancements in Quantum’s Shock Protection System II and Data Protection System

New Quantum-developed Ultra ATA/100 Interface

Along with massive capacity, Fireball Plus AS drives deliver blazing-fast performance with a 7,200 RPM rotational speed, 8.5 millisecond average seek time and the

new Quantum-developed Ultra ATA/100 interface with a data transfer rate of up to 100 megabytes-per- second. With

this leading-edge interface, end users should be protected from obsolescence for the next several years.