Cylinder Allocation; Table 3. Cylinder Allocation - Hitachi 7K100 - Travelstar - Hard Drive Specifications

4.3 Cylinder allocation

Each drive is formatted in the factory test by optimizing TPI/BPI combination. Typical data format is described
below.
Table 3: Cylinder allocation
50 GB/p Mid BIP-TPI format
Zone
Data Zone 0
Data Zone 1
Data Zone 2
Data Zone 3
Data Zone 4
Data Zone 5
Data Zone 6
Data Zone 7
Data Zone 8
Data Zone 9
Data Zone 10
Data Zone 11
Data Zone 12
Data Zone 13
Data Zone 14
Data Zone 15
Data Zone 16
Data Zone 17
Data Zone 18
Data Zone 19
Data Zone 20
Data Zone 21
Data Zone 22
Data Zone 23
Physical cylinders
0 - 1923
1924 - 4957
4958 - 7251
7,252 - 10,285
10,286 - 13,319
13,320 - 17,093
17,094 - 20,127
20,128 - 23,161
23,162 - 26121
26,122 - 29,451
29,452 - 32,411
32,412 - 36,111
36,112 - 38,553
38,554 - 41,513
41,514 - 43,733
43,734 - 47,433
47,434 - 50,8037
50,0838 - 53,871
53,872 - 56,609
56,610 - 59,125
59,126 - 62,603
62,,604 - 65,859
65,860 - 68,375
68,376 - 71,039
Travelstar 7K100 Hard Disk Drive Specification
Sectors/Track
900
882
882
864
846
828
810
792
774
756
738
720
702
684
666
648
612
594
576
558
540
504
486
459
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