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5.0
Reliability specifications
The following reliability specifications assume correct host and drive operational interface, including all inter-
face timings, power supply voltages, environmental requirements and drive mounting constraints.
Seek error rate:
1
Read Error Rates
Recovered Data
Unrecovered Data
Miscorrected Data
Interface error rate:
MTBF
Annualized Failure Rate (AFR):
Preventive maintenance:
1.
Error rate specified with automatic retries and data correction with ECC enabled and all flaws reallocated.
5.1
Error rates
The error rates stated in this manual assume the following:
• The drive is operated in accordance with this manual using DC power as defined in Section 6.2
• Errors caused by host system failures are excluded from error rate computations.
• Assume random data.
• Default OEM error recovery settings are applied. This includes AWRE, ARRE, full read retries, full write
retries and full retry time.
5.1.1
Recoverable Errors
Recovereable errors are those detected and corrected by the drive, and do not require user intervention.
Recoverable Data errors will use correction, although ECC on-the-fly is not considered for purposes of recov-
ered error specifications.
Recovered Data error rate is determined using read bits transferred for recoverable errors occurring during a
read, and using write bits transferred for recoverable errors occurring during a write.
5.1.2
Unrecoverable Errors
Unrecoverable Data Errors (Sense Key = 03h) are specified at less than 1 sector in error per 10
ferred. Unrecoverable Data Errors resulting from the same cause are treated as 1 error for that block.
Barracuda ES.2 FC Product Manual, Rev. B
Less than 10 errors in 10
Less than 10 errors in 10
15
Less than 1 sector in 10
21
Less than 1 sector in 10
12
Less than 1 error in 10
14
Less than 1 error in 10
See Section 9.6.4, "FC Differential input." on page 64
1,200,000 hours
0.73%
None required
8
seeks
12
bits transferred (OEM default settings)
bits transferred
bits transferred
bits transferred with minimum receive eye.
bits transferred with typical receive eye.
16
bits trans-
15
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