Hitachi Deskstar 180GXP IC35L180AVV207-1 IC35L120AVV207-0 Datasheet

Performance leadership for data-intensive applications
Hitachi Deskstar 180GXP
hard disk drives
Highlights
Three-disk design provides higher capacity with 180GB at
7200rpm performance
The 8MB buffer enables faster data processing, especially for
long block transfers.
Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) motors enhance idle and
operating acoustic operation
Thermal monitor helps provide accurate data read/write over the
full system temperature range
Differential read channel enhances data reliability
The Hitachi Deskstar 180GXP continues
the award-winning tradition of the
Deskstar family. The new family of drives
incorporates both new and proven tech-
nologies to boost system performance.
The Deskstar 180GXP provides the
capacity and performance required to
handle a wide range of advanced desktop
and audio/video applications.
Hitachi has standardized features in their
desktop drives to supply lower acoustics,
faster transfer rates and low-power utiliza-
tion to make the Deskstar 180GXP drive
ideal for non-PC, high-performance com-
puting requirements.
Technology for capacity and
performance
Three-disk design provides a higher
capacity with 180GB at 7200rpm
performance.
Specially-designed onboard proces-
sor provides faster speeds than the
previous generation.
Tagged Command Queuing (TCQ)
brings SCSI-like performance to ATA
server applications.
Enhanced servo system provides fast,
reliable head positioning.
The superior areal density combines with
the faster processor and streamlined
cache buffer to enable award-winning
performance for both the Deskstar hard
drive and your system. Enhancements to
the servo system and thermal monitor
help to enable accurate data storage and
retrieval.
Combined together, these technologies
enable popular capacity points and are
designed to increase reliability.
Technology for reliability
Load/unload head ramps
Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) motors
Differential read channel
Internal thermal monitor
Drive Fitness Test (DFT)
S.M.A.R.T Self Test
True-Track Servo
No-ID sector formatting
Fluid Dynamic Bearing motors provide
improved acoustics over traditional ball
bearing spindle motors. FDB motors will
continue to be used more frequently in
hard disk drive designs, particularly in
applications requiring very high spindle
speeds, high areal densities, and low
acoustic noise.
The Hitachi Deskstar 180GXP matches
the drive capacity and performance
guidelines for Microsoft Windows XP-
(40GB minimum and 7200rpm
performance).