Specifications

12 Cheetah 15K.4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. B
4.2.2 Format command execution time (minutes)
4.2.3 General performance characteristics
4.3 Start/stop time
The drive accepts the commands listed in the SAS Interface Manual less than 3 seconds after DC power has
been applied.
If the drive receives a NOTIFY (ENABLE SPINUP) primitive through either port and has not received a START
STOP UNIT command with the START bit equal to 0, the drive becomes ready for normal operations within 20
seconds (excluding the error recovery procedure).
If the drive receives a START STOP UNIT command with the START bit equal to 0 before receiving a NOTIFY
(ENABLE SPINUP) primitive, the drive waits for a START STOP UNIT command with the START bit equal to 1.
After receiving a START STOP UNIT command with the START bit equal to 1, the drive waits for a NOTIFY
(ENABLE SPINUP) primitive. After receiving a NOTIFY (ENABLE SPINUP) primitive through either port, the
drive becomes ready for normal operations within 20 seconds (excluding the error recovery procedure).
ST3146854SS ST373454SS ST336754SS
Maximum (with verify)
90 60 30
Maximum (without verify)
45 30 15
Minimum sector interleave 1 to 1
Data buffer to/from disc media (one 512-byte logical block)*
Minimum 685 Mbits/sec
Maximum 1,142 Mbits/sec
SAS Interface maximum instantaneous transfer rate 300 Mbytes/sec* per port
(dual port = 600 Mbytes/sec*)
Logical block sizes
Default is 512-byte data blocks
Variable 512 to 704 bytes per sector in even number of bytes per sector. If n (number
of bytes per sector) is odd, then n-1 will be used.
Read/write consecutive sectors on a track Yes
Flaw reallocation performance impact (for flaws reallocated at format time using
the spare sectors per sparing zone reallocation scheme.)
Negligible
Average rotational latency 2.0 msec
*Assumes no errors and no relocated logical blocks. Rate measured from the start of the first logical block transfer to or
from the host.