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Performance characteristics

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Cheetah 18XL Product Manual, Rev. G 9 4.0 Performance characteristics 4.1 Internal drive characteristics (transparent to user) Drive capacity Read/write heads Bytes/track Bytes/surface Tracks/surface (total) Tracks/inch Peak bits/inch Internal data rate Disc rotational speed Average rotational latency ST318404 18.352 6 203,008 3,058 14,384 18,145 339 285-424 10,033 2.99 ST39204 9.176 3 203,008 3,058 14,384 18,145 339 285-424 10,033 2.99 GByte (formatted, rounded off values) Bytes (average, rounded off values) Mbytes (unformatted, rounded off values) Tracks (user accessible) TPI KBPI Mbits/sec (variable with zone) r/min (+0.5%) msec 4.2 SCSI performance characteristics (visible to user) The values given in Section 4.2.1 apply to all models of the Cheetah 18XL family unless otherwise specified. Refer to Section 9.10 and to the SCSI Interface Product Manual, part number 75789509, for additional timing details. 4.2.1 Access time [5] Average - Typical [2] Single Track - Typical [2] Full Stroke - Typical [2] Including controller overhead (without disconnect) [1] [3] Drive level Read 5.4 0.8 10.2 Write msec 6.0 1.1 11.2 Not including controller overhead (without disconnect) [1] [3] Drive level Read 5.2 0.6 10.0 Write msec 5.8 0.9 11.0 4.2.2 Format command execution time (minutes) [1] Maximum (with verify) Maximum (no verify) ST318404 25 12 ST39204 13 6 4.2.3 Generalized performance characteristics Minimum sector interleave 1 to 1 Data buffer transfer rate to/from disc media (one 512-byte sector): Min. [3]* Avg. [3] Max. [3] 26 MByte/sec 33 MByte/sec 40 MByte/sec SCSI interface data transfer rate (asynchronous): Maximum instantaneous one byte wide Maximum instantaneous two bytes wide Synchronous formatted transfer rate In single-ended (SE) interface mode In low voltage differential (LVD) interface mode 5.0 Mbytes/sec [4] 10.0 Mbytes/sec [4] Ultra2 SCSI 5.0 to 40 Mbytes/sec 5.0 to 80 Mbytes/sec Ultra160 SCSI 5.0 to 80 Mbytes/sec 5.0 to 160 Mbytes/sec

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Cheetah 18XL Product Manual, Rev. G
9
4.0
Performance characteristics
4.1
Internal drive characteristics (transparent to user)
4.2
SCSI performance characteristics (visible to user)
The values given in Section 4.2.1 apply to all models of the Cheetah 18XL family unless otherwise specified.
Refer to Section 9.10 and to the
SCSI Interface Product Manual
, part number 75789509, for additional timing
details.
4.2.1
Access time [5]
4.2.2
Format command execution time (minutes) [1]
4.2.3
Generalized performance characteristics
Data buffer transfer rate to/from disc media (one 512-byte sector):
SCSI interface data transfer rate (asynchronous):
Maximum instantaneous one byte wide
5.0 Mbytes/sec [4]
Maximum instantaneous two bytes wide
10.0 Mbytes/sec [4]
Synchronous formatted transfer rate
Ultra2 SCSI
Ultra160 SCSI
In single-ended (SE) interface mode
5.0 to 40 Mbytes/sec
5.0 to 80 Mbytes/sec
In low voltage differential (LVD) interface mode
5.0 to 80 Mbytes/sec
5.0 to 160 Mbytes/sec
ST318404
ST39204
Drive capacity
18.352
9.176
GByte (formatted, rounded off values)
Read/write heads
6
3
Bytes/track
203,008
203,008
Bytes (average, rounded off values)
Bytes/surface
3,058
3,058
Mbytes (unformatted, rounded off values)
Tracks/surface (total)
14,384
14,384
Tracks (user accessible)
Tracks/inch
18,145
18,145
TPI
Peak bits/inch
339
339
KBPI
Internal data rate
285-424
285-424
Mbits/sec (variable with zone)
Disc rotational speed
10,033
10,033
r/min (+
0.5%)
Average rotational latency
2.99
2.99
msec
Including controller overhead
(without disconnect) [1] [3]
Not including controller overhead
(without disconnect) [1] [3]
Drive level
Drive level
Read
Write
Read
Write
msec
msec
Average
Typical [2]
5.4
6.0
5.2
5.8
Single Track
Typical [2]
0.8
1.1
0.6
0.9
Full Stroke
Typical [2]
10.2
11.2
10.0
11.0
ST318404
ST39204
Maximum (with verify)
25
13
Maximum (no verify)
12
6
Minimum sector interleave
1 to 1
Min. [3]*
26
MByte/sec
Avg. [3]
33
MByte/sec
Max. [3]
40
MByte/sec