Reliability Specifications; Error Rates; Recoverable Errors - Seagate ST336807FC - Cheetah 36 GB Hard Drive User Manual

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
AFR
Service life
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 paragraph 6.2, "DC
power requirements."
• 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.
Cheetah 10K.7 FC Product Manual, Rev. D
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, "Differential PECL input." on page 76)
0.62%
5 years
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
17