Adaptec ACB-5500 User Manual page 30

51/4" winchester disk controller scsi to st506
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The use of an interleave factor 1 allows a maximum transfer rate
but will only be effective with a host adapter and system capable
of very high transfer rates.
On the other hand,
the use of
interleaving can maximize the storage capacity of your drive.
Table 3-2 shows the number of formatted sectors per track for
different block sizes and interleaves when using soft sectored
drives.
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Table 3-2.
Interleaved Sectors/Track
SECTOR SIZE
256
256
512
512
1024
1024
INTERLEAVE
3-9
1
>1
1
>1
1
>1
SECTORS/TRACK
32
33
17
18
9
9

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