Product Features; Functional/Interface; Zone Density Recording; Read/Write Multiple Mode - Maxtor 33073H4 Manual

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Product Features

Functional / Interface
Maxtor DiamondMax VL 30 hard drives contain all necessary mechanical and electronic parts to interpret control
signals and commands from an AT-compatible host computer. See Section 3 Product Specifications, for complete
drive specifications.

Zone Density Recording

The disk capacity is increased with bit density management – common with Zone Density Recording. Each
disk surface is divided into 16 circumferential zones. All tracks within a given zone contain a constant
number of data sectors. The number of data sectors per track varies in different zones; the outermost zone
contains the largest number of data sectors and the innermost contains the fewest.
Read / Write Multiple Mode
This mode is implemented per ANSI ATA/ATAPI-5 specification. Read/Write Multiple allows the host to
transfer a set number of sectors without an interrupt request between them, reducing transfer process
overhead and improving host performance.
UltraDMA - Mode 4
Maxtor DiamondMax VL 30 hard drives fully comply with the new ANSI Ultra DMA protocol, which
greatly improves overall AT interface performance by significantly improving burst and sustained data
throughput.

Multi-word DMA (EISA Type B) - Mode 2

Supports multi-word Direct Memory Access (DMA) EISA Type B mode transfers.

Sector Address Translation

All DiamondMax VL 30 drives feature a universal translate mode. In an AT/EISA-class system, the drive may
be configured to any specified combination of cylinders, heads and sectors (within the range of the drive's
formatted capacity). DiamondMax VL 30 drives power-up in a translate mode:
MODEL
3 3 0 7 3 H 4 5 9 , 5 5 4
3 2 3 0 5 H 3 4 4 , 6 6 6
3 1 5 3 6 H 2 2 9 , 7 7 7
3 0 7 6 8 H 1 1 4 , 8 8 8
(*) The fields LZone (Landing Zone) and WPcom (Write Pre-comp) are not used by the Maxtor hard drive
and the values may be either 0 or the values set by the BIOS. All capacities listed in the above table are based
on 10 6 or one million bytes.

Logical Block Addressing

The Logical Block Address (LBA) mode can only be utilized in systems that support this form of translation. The
cylinder, head and sector geometry of the drive, as presented to the host, differs from the actual physical
geometry. The host AT computer may access a drive of set parameters: number of cylinders, heads and sectors
per track, plus cylinder, head and sector addresses. However, the drive can't use these host parameters directly
because of zoned recording techniques. The drive translates the host parameters to a set of logical internal
addresses for data access.
The host drive geometry parameters are mapped into an LBA based on this formula:
LBA
where
2 – 2
CYL HD S P T L Z o n e
1 6 6 3 (*)
1 6 6 3 (*)
1 6 6 3 (*)
1 6 6 3 (*)
= (HSCA - 1) + HHDA x HSPT + HNHD x HSPT x HCYA
= (HSCA - 1) + HSPT x (HHDA + HNHD x HCYA)
HSCA = Host Sector Address, HHDA = Host Head Address
HCYA = Host Cylinder Address, HNHD = Host Number of Heads
HSPT = Host Sectors per Track
W P c o m M A X L B A C A P A C I T Y
(*) 60,030,432 30,735 MB
(*) 45,023,328 23,051 MB
(*) 30,015,216 15,367 MB
(*) 15,007,104 7,683 MB
(1)
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