Hitachi HTS541010G9AT00 Specifications - Page 28

Performance characteristics

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4.4 Performance characteristics Drive performance is characterized by the following parameters: • Command overhead • Mechanical head positioning - Seek time - Latency • Data transfer speed • Buffering operation (Look ahead/Write cache) All the above parameters contribute to drive performance. There are other parameters that contribute to the performance of the actual system. This specification tries to define the bare drive characteristics, not system throughput, which depends on the system and the application. Table 5: Performance characteristics Function Average Random Seek Time - Read (ms) Average Random Seek Time - Write (ms) Rotational Speed (RPM) Power-on-to-ready (sec) Command overhead (ms) Disk-buffer data transfer (Mb/s) Buffer-host data transfer (Gbps) 12 13 5400 3.5 1.0 493 max 1.5 4.4.1 Command overhead Command overhead is defined as the interval from the time that a drive receives a command to the time that the actuator starts it's motion. 4.4.2 Mechanical positioning 4.4.2.1 Average seek time (including settling) Table 6: Mechanical positioning performance Command type Random track @ read Random track @ write Typical (ms) 12 13 Max (ms) 14 15 Travelstar 5K100 (Serial ATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 16

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Travelstar 5K100 (Serial ATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification
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4.4
Performance characteristics
Drive performance is characterized by the following parameters:
Command overhead
Mechanical head positioning
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Seek time
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Latency
Data transfer speed
Buffering operation (Look ahead/Write cache)
All the above parameters contribute to drive performance. There are other parameters that contribute to the perfor-
mance of the actual system. This specification tries to define the bare drive characteristics, not system throughput,
which depends on the system and the application.
Table 5: Performance characteristics
4.4.1
Command overhead
Command overhead is defined as the interval from the time that a drive receives a command to the time that the
actuator starts it’s motion.
4.4.2
Mechanical positioning
4.4.2.1
Average seek time (including settling)
Function
Average Random Seek Time - Read (ms)
12
Average Random Seek Time - Write (ms)
13
Rotational Speed (RPM)
5400
Power-on-to-ready (sec)
3.5
Command overhead (ms)
1.0
Disk-buffer data transfer (Mb/s)
493 max
Buffer-host data transfer (Gbps)
1.5
Table 6: Mechanical positioning performance
Command type
Typical (ms)
Max (ms)
Random track @ read
Random track @ write
12
14
13
15