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Power Requirements (Average)
Power Mode Definitions
Active
The drive is spinning and most circuitry is powered on. The drive is capable of responding to read commands in
the shortest possible time. Read/Write heads are positioned over the data area.
Idle
The drive is spinning, the actuator is parked and powered off and all other circuitry is powered on. The drive is
capable of responding to read commands within 40 ms.
Read/Write
Data is being read from or written to the drive.
Spin-up
The drive is spinning up following initial application of power and has not yet reached full speed.
Sleep
This is the lowest power state. The interface becomes inactive. A software or hardware reset is required to return
the drive to Active.
Standby
The spin motor is not spinning. The drive will leave this mode upon receipt of a command that requires disk
access. The time-out value for this mode is programmable. The buffer is active to accept write data.
Seek
A random access operation by the disk drive.
Environmental
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS
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