Conventional Memories

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700 Tecra HDD

Hard Disk Drive(HDD)

The Tecra 700 offers one "Upgradable type" hard disk drive packs. Both of them contain the hard disk controller(HDC). The specifications of the HDD are as follows.

MakerToshibaIBM

ModelMK2720FCDRPA-21215

(M1200)

Capacity [million B]"1,216""1,217"

[MB]"1,158""1,161"

Dimensions W[mm]70.070.0

H[mm]19.017.0

D[mm]100.0100.0

Weight[g]220.0186.0

Logical configuration

Number of heads1616

Byte per sector[B]512512

Sector per track6363

Number of cylinders"2,358""2,358"

Sector per drive"2,376,864""2,376,864"

Physical configuration

Number of disks53

Number of heads96

HeadTFHMR

Coding8-9RLL2-7RLL

Byte per sector[B]512512

Number of cylinders"2,920""2,920"

Performance

Rotation speed [rpm]"4,200""4,900"

Data transfer rate

Media t buffer [Mb/s]44.936.2-57.0

Buffer to host [Mb/s]16.611.1

Track density [Track/mm]203---

[TPI]---"6,350"

Bit density [bit/mm]3.50K---

[BPI]---"110,300"

Flux density [FPI]

Access time

Track to track [ms]3.04.0

Average (read)[ms]13.012.0

Average (write)[ms]13.013.0

Maximum (read)[ms]25.023.0

Maximum (write)[ms]25.024.0

Average latency[ms]6.16.1

Start time Typ.[s]53

Max.[s]2010

Stop time Typ.[s]88

Max.[s]1010

Standby to idle Typ.[s]42.3

Max.[s]2010

Interleave factor1:11:1

Buffer size[KB]12864

Read ahead cacheYesYes

Write cacheYesYes

Interface PIO with IORDYMode3 11.1MB/s

without IORDYMode3 8.3MB/s

DMA

single wordMode2 8.3MB/s

multi wordMode1 11.1MB/s

Power consumption

Spin up[W]3.903.50

Seek[W]3.602.60

Write[W]2.902.60

Read[W]2.902.60

Idle[W]1.401.30

Standby[W]0.350.30

Sleep[W]0.150.10

Location: under the upper right corner of system unit