General Features - IBM IC35L020 - Deskstar 20 GB Hard Drive Specifications

2.0 General features

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Data capacities of 20 GB, 40 GB, and 60 GB
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Enhanced IDE (ATA-5) interface
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Sector format of 512 bytes/sector
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Closed Loop actuator servo
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A Load/Un-load mechanism with no head-to-disk contact during start/stop
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Automatic actuator lock
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Interleave factor 1:1
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Seek time of 8.5 ms in Read Operation (8.2 ms typical without Command Overhead)
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Size of sector buffer is 2048 KB
Upper 132 KB used for firmware
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Ring buffer implementation
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Queued feature support
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Write Cache
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Advanced ECC On The Fly (EOF)
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Addition to the above, Automatic Error Recovery procedures for read and write commands
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Self Diagnostics on Power on and resident diagnostics
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PIO Data Transfer - Mode 4 (16.6 MB/sec)
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DMA Data Transfer
• Multiword DMA : Mode 2 (16.6 MB/sec)
• Ultra DMA
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CHS and LBA mode
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Transparent Defect Management with ADR (Automatic Defect Reallocation)
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S.M.A.R.T. (Self Monitoring and Analysis Reporting Technology)
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Power saving modes/Low RPM idle mode (APM)
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Support security feature
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Quiet Seek mode (AAM)
: Mode 5 (100 MB/sec)
Deskstar 60 GXP Hard disk drive specification
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