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2-2 Maxtor DiamondMax 17 80-160GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive
General Description
2.1 KEY FEATURES
The DiamondMax 17 Serial ATA hard disk drive includes the following key features:
General
– Low profile, 1-inch height
–Emulation of IBM
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PC AT
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task file register, and all AT fixed disk commands
–Windows NT2000, XP, Server, and Media Center Edition certification
–Thin cables for easy routing and improved cooling
–1 meter cable length for increased design and layout flexibility
–Connectors designed for blind mate and hot plug
–Reduced pin count to enable RAID scalability
– Point-to-Point host to device connection
– Low voltages
– Interface power control features
– Easy installation/configuration (plug/play,no jumpers, no external terminators)
–Command optimization
–Native Command Queuing using First Party DMA
Performance
–Average typical seek time of <12 ms for 80GB, <8.9 ms for 160GB
– 300MB/sec interface data transfer rate
–Average rotational latency of 4.17 ms
– Serial ATA interface with transfer speeds up to 300MB per second
–8MB Cache buffer
– Look-ahead DisCache feature with continuous prefetch and WriteCache
write-buffering capabilities
–AutoTask Register update, Multi-block AutoRead, and Multi-block AutoWrite
features in a custom ASIC
–Read-on-arrival firmware
–Quadruple-burst ECC, and double burst ECC on-the-fly
– 1:1 interleave on read/write operations
–Adaptive cache segmentation
–FDB (Fluid Dynamic Bearing) Motors
– Fly Height Adjust Technology