Feature Descriptions; Key Features - Maxtor Atlas 10K V Product Manual

This chapter provides descriptions of many of the features incorporated in the Maxtor
Atlas 10K V hard disk drive family.
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KEY FEATURES

Maxtor Atlas 10K V disk drives provide unequaled quality and performance. They are
designed to improve the performance of high-end workstations, file servers, and
storage systems. Among their features are the following:
• 73.5, 147.1 GB, or 300 GB formatted capacity (512 bytes to 524 bytes/
block selectable in increments of 2 bytes)
• GMR heads and banded recording for higher overall bit-densities
• Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.)
Revision 2 support
• Optimized Reordering Command Algorithm and tagged command
queuing for greater throughput
• 8 MB segmented cache buffer ECC protected
• 10,000 rpm rotational speed yielding 3 ms average latency
• 4.0 ms / 4.5 ms average read/write seek time for the 73.5 GB disk drives,
4.2 ms / 4.7 ms average read/write seek time for the 147.1 GB disk
drives; and 4.4 ms / 4.9 ms average read/write seek time for the 300 GB
disk drives.
• Embedded servo system for exceptional head positioning accuracy and
long life
• "Zero latency" reads and writes reduce data access time
• Full SCSI-3 compliance
• Variable BPI
• Just-in Time Seeks
• Read/Write Ahead

FEATURE DESCRIPTIONS

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(compatible with SCSI-2 and SCSI-1)
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