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General Description
Chapter 2
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Serial ATA is a high-speed link replacement for the Parallel ATA attachment of mass
storage devices. The serial link employed is a high-speed differential layer that utilizes
Gigabit technology and 8b/10b encoding. This chapter will provide you with an
overview of key features of the QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA hard disk drive,
performance data, reliability, and versatility data. Performance and installation data are
provided in chapters 3 and 4 respectively.
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PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Maxtor is the one of the industry leader's in developing Serial ATA (SATA) and
providing SATA hard drives in volume.
Serial ATA provides faster data transfer speeds, more bandwidth, more potential
for speed increases in future generations and better data integrity. Serial ATA
hardware is smaller and more compact than traditional Parallel ATA componets.
A powerful command set and hot plug feature make SATA very attractive for
ATA RAID applications.
With a maximum external (burst) data transfer speed of 300MB per second, the
1.5Gb Serial ATA interface speed is doubled to maximize drive throughput for
future growth in drive transfer rates supporting data intensive environments. The
QuickView Serial ATA hard disk drive features an embedded hard disk drive
controller, and uses SATA commands to optimize system performance. Because
the drive manages media defects and error recovery internally, these operations
are fully transparent to the user.
The innovative design of the QuickView Serial ATA hard disk drive incorporates
leading edge technologies with transfer speeds up to 300MB/second, Advanced
Cache Management, Shock Protection System (SPS), Data Protection System (DPS),
and Quiet Drive Technology (QDT). These enhanced technologies enable Maxtor to
produce a family of high-performance, high-reliability drives.
Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive
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