Seagate ST336807FC manual Seek performance characteristics, Access time, GHz

4.2Seek performance characteristics

4.2.1Access time [4]

Not including controller overhead (without disconnect) [1]

	Drive level
	Read	Write
		msec
Average—Typical [2]	4.9	5.4
Single Track—Typical [2]	0.45	0.65
Full Stroke—Typical [2]	9.9	10.5

4.2.2Format command execution time (in minutes)

	ST336807FC
Maximum (with verify)	25
Maximum (without verify)	13

4.2.3Generalized performance characteristics

Minimum sector interleave 1 to 1

Data buffer transfer rate to/from disc media (one 512-byte sector):

	ST336807FC
Minimum [3]*	59	MBytes/sec
Maximum [3]	118	MBytes/sec

Sustainable disc transfer rate:

	ST336807FC
Minimum [3]*	39	MBytes/sec
Maximum [3]	80	MBytes/sec

Fibre Channel Interface maximum instantaneous transfer rate 1 GHz	2 GHz
106 Mbytes/sec* per port	212 Mbytes/sec* per
(dual port = 212 Mbytes/	port (dual port = 424
sec*)	Mbytes/sec*)

Note. 1 Megabyte (MB) = 1,000,000 bytes.

Sector Sizes

Default is 512-byte data blocks.

Logical block sizes

Default is 512-byte data blocks

Variable 512 to 528 bytes per sector in a multiple of 4 bytes per sector.

Read/write consecutive sectors on a track Yes

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