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13.10 Seek Overlap Each drive model provides an accurate seek time measurement method. The seek command is usually used to measure the device seek time by accumulating the execution time for a number of seek commands. With the typical implementation of the seek command this measurement must include the device and host command overhead. To eliminate this overhead the drive overlaps the seek command as described below. The first seek command is completed before the actual seek operation is ended. Then the device can receive the next seek command from the host; however, the actual seek operation for the next seek command starts immediately after the actual seek operation for the first seek command is completed. In other words, the execution of two seek commands overlaps excluding the time required for the actual seek operation. With this overlap the total elapsed time for a number of seek commands results in the total accumulated time for the actual seek operation plus one pre- and post-overhead. When the number of seeks is large, only one overhead may be ignored. (1) With overlap Host process Device process Seek operation Overhead Total time = (n-1)*(Seek operation)+A+B (2) Without overlap Host process Device process Seek operation Overhead Total time = n * (Seek operation + A + B) Figure 74. Seek overlap DERA003.prz Deskstar 60 GXP Hard disk drive specification 90

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13.10
Seek Overlap
Each drive model provides an accurate seek time measurement method. The seek command is usually
used to measure the device seek time by accumulating the execution time for a number of seek
commands. With the typical implementation of the seek command this measurement must include the
device and host command overhead. To eliminate this overhead the drive overlaps the seek command as
described below.
The first seek command is completed before the actual seek operation is ended. Then the device can
receive the next seek command from the host; however, the actual seek operation for the next seek
command starts immediately after the actual seek operation for the first seek command is completed. In
other words, the execution of two seek commands overlaps excluding the time required for the actual
seek operation.
With this overlap the total elapsed time for a number of seek commands results in the total accumulated
time for the actual seek operation plus one pre- and post-overhead. When the number of seeks is large,
only one overhead may be ignored.
(2) Without overlap
Host process
Device process
Seek operation
Overhead
(1) With overlap
Host process
Device process
Seek operation
Overhead
Total time = (n–1)*(Seek operation)+A+B
Total time = n * (Seek operation + A + B)
DERA003.prz
Figure 74. Seek overlap
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60 GXP Hard disk drive specification
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