PRODUCT OVERVIEW
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Western Digital`s Caviar WD100BB 7200-RPM Ultra ATA/100
EIDE hard drive is the performance champion for advanced desktop
personal computers. The latest drive achieve world-class areal
density and a useful level of drive capacity ideal for storing
Internet downloads, music and video files. The WD1000BB drive
offers Ultra ATA/100 and Ultra ATA/66 interfaces, low seek times
and up to 100 MB/s data transfer rates, all of which add up to a
fast data delivery system. To protect data, the drive uses Data
Lifeguard™, WD`s exclusive combination of hardware features and
software utilities. Data Lifeguard includes embedded features that
guard your data and software tools that make installation,
configuration and diagnostics simple and worry-free. Speed,
performance and reliability are the key features of the Caviar
WD100BB hard drive.
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TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATION |
Physical
Specifications
Formatted Capacity:
· 100,030MB
Interface:
· 40-pin EIDE.
Number of Heads:
· 16
Sector Size:
· 512 Bytes.
Performance Specifications
Average Latency:
· 4.2ms
Rotation Speed:
· 7,200-RPM
Controller Overhead:
· 0.3ms
Buffer Size:
· 2MB
Error Rate (non-recoverable):
· < 1 per 1014 bits read.
Seek Times (typical)
Track to Track:
· 2.0ms
Average (Read):
· 8.9ms
Average (Write):
· 10.9ms
Transfer Rate
Buffer to Host:
· 100 MB/sec (Mode 5 Ultra ATA);
· 66.6 MB/sec (Mode 4 Ultra ATA);
· 33.3 MB/sec (Mode 2 Ultra ATA);
· 16.6 MB/sec (Mode 4 PIO);
· 16.6 MB/sec (Mode 2 multi-word DMA).
Buffer to Disk:
· 420 MB/sec (max).
Reliability Specifications
MTBF:
· 500,000 hours.
Component Design Life:
· 3 years. |
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