5.2.1Seek time

Not including controller overhead (msec)1,2

 

 

Read

Write

Average

Typical

3.5

4.0

Single Track

Typical

0.2

0.4

Full Stroke

Typical

6.8

7.5

1.Typical access times are measured under nominal conditions of temperature, volt- age, and horizontal orientation as measured on a representative sample of drives.

2.Access to data = access time + latency time.

5.2.2Format command execution time (minutes) [1]

 

ST3300655LW

ST3146855LW

ST373455LW

 

ST3300655LC

ST3146855LC

ST373455LC

Maximum (with verify)

120

90

60

Maximum (no verify)

60

45

30

5.2.3Generalized performance characteristics

Sustainable disc transfer rate:

 

 

Minimum [3]

73

Mbytes/sec

 

Maximum [3]

125

Mbytes/sec

 

SCSI interface data transfer rate (asynchronous):

 

Maximum instantaneous one byte wide

5.0

MBytes/sec [3]

Maximum instantaneous two bytes wide

10.0

MBytes/sec [3]

Synchronous transfer rate

 

 

In low voltage differential (LVD) interface mode 5.0 to 320

MBytes/sec

Sector Sizes:

 

 

 

Default

512 byte user data blocks

 

Variable

512 to 528 bytes per sector in even number of bytes per sector.

 

If n (number of bytes per sector) is odd, then n-1 will be used.

Read/write consecutive sectors on a track

Yes

Flaw reallocation performance impact (for flaws reallocated at format time using

Negligible

the spare sectors per sparing zone reallocation scheme)

 

Average rotational latency

2.00 msec

Notes for Section 5.2.

[1]Execution time measured from receipt of the last byte of the Command Descriptor Block (CDB) to the request for a Status Byte Transfer to the Initiator (excluding connect/disconnect).

[2]Assumes no errors and no sector has been relocated.

[3]Assumes system ability to support the rates listed and no cable loss.

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