IBM IC35L009UWD210, IC35L009UCD210, IC35L009F2D210, IC35L018UWD210, IC35L018UCD210 User Manual

High capacity and performance for demanding
server environments

IBM Ultrastar 73LZX hard disk drive

Highlights

Rotational speeds of 10,000 RPM
and average seek times as low as

4.9 ms help boost performance.

Capacities including 73, 36, 18,
and 9 GB provide outstanding
configuration flexibility.

A new suspension feature and
Drive Fitness Test combine with
load/unload technology and glass
substrate disks to enhance
reliability and robustness, and
prolong drive lifetime.

Advanced drive technology

The fifth generation of the award-winning
IBM Ultrastar* 10,000 RPM disk drive
family, IBM Ultrastar 73LZX drives offer
proven quality and superior performance.
These drives feature more powerful
processors and read/write channels, a
new feed-forward servo control that
improves seek and settle time, and better
suspension dynamics that enable greater
servo bandwidth, faster speeds, and
improved mechanical stability.

To achieve maximum I/O performance,
the drives combine fast seek times, large 4
MB multisegmented buffers, a sophisti­cated command queuing system,
hardware automation, and industry­leading sustained data rates. They also
employ fifth-generation giant
magnetoresistive (GMR) head technol­ogy to double areal density (up to 13.1
Gbits/sq. in.) and performance. In addition,
highly efficient No-ID* sector formatting
enables more data to be stored per disk.

Outstanding environmentals

IBM Ultrastar drives provide extremely
quiet operation. In addition, tri-laminate
drive covers reduce both idle and seek
acoustics while an improved spindle
motor driver enables smoother commuta­ti on. Moreover, a ne w ele ctroni c des ign
enables 20 percent lower power
requirements than previous IBM 10,000
RPM drives to help reduce costs.

Support for advanced applica­tions and interfaces

IBM Ultrastar drives provide high data
throughput for data-intensive applica­tions and offer a choice of 1 and 2 Gbit
Fibre Channel and Ultra160 SCSI
(backward-compatible) interfaces.

Reliability leadership

Drive Fitness Test enables drive self-testing
and analysis—helping to prevent returned
drives. To help ensure data protection, IBM
Ultrastar drives include IBM-exclusive
reporting tools, such as Predictive Failure
Analysis* (to signal potential drive
problems) and Drive-TIP* (to monitor
drives and avoid malfunctions).

Load/unload technology and glass
substrate disks also increase reliability by
providing a more robust solution at high
rotational speeds.

IBM Ultrastar 73LZX 3.5-inch 73.4 GB
high-performance disk drive

IBM Ultrastar 73LZX 3.5-inch 73.4, 36.7, 18.3, and 9.1 GB disk drives

Configuration Interface Ultra160 SCSI FC-AL-2

Formatted capacity (512 bytes) 73.4/36.7/18.3/9.1
Sector size (in bytes) 512-528 (variable, 2-byte inc.) 512-528 (8-byte inc.)
Recording zones 17
Data heads 12/6/3/2
Disks 6/3/2/1
Areal density (maximum) 13,110 Mbits/sq. in.
Recording density (maximum) 480,000 BPI
Track density 27,312 TPI

Performance Data buffer 4096 KB

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Rotational speed 10,000 RPM
Latency (average) 3.00 ms
Media transfer rate 373-690 Mbits/sec
Interface transfer rate 160 MB/sec 200/400 MB/sec
Sustained data rate 29.2-57.0 MB/sec
Seek time

Average 4.9 ms
Track to track 0.5 ms
Full track 10.5 ms

Reliability Error rate (nonrecoverable) 1 in 10E14 bits read

Start/stop cycles 50,000 cycles

Power

Requirement +5 VDC (+-5%), +12 VDC (+-5%)
Dissipation (typical)

Startup (maximum peak) 0.9 A (5V), 2.4 A (12 V) 1.3 A (5V), 2.4 A (12 V)
Idle 9.5/7.4/6.7/5.6 W 11.5/9.4/8.7/8.7 W

Power consumption efficiency index 0.00013, 0.00021 0.00016, 0.00 026,

0.00037, 0.00062 W/MB 0.00048, 0.00096 W/MB

Dimensions Height 25.4 (+-0.4) mm

Width 101.6 (+-0.4) mm
Depth 146.0 (+-0.6) mm
Weight (maximum) 800 g

Acoustics Idle 3.7/3.4/3.4/3.4 Bel

Operating 4.5/4.5/4.5/4.5 Bel

Environmental characteristics Operating Nonoperating

Ambient temperature 5° to 55° C -40° to 65° C
Relative humidity (noncondensing) 8% to 90% 5% to 95%
Maximum wet bulb (noncondensing) 29.4° C 35.0° C
Shock (half sine wave) 10 G (11 ms) / 45 G (2 ms) 75 G (11 ms) / 225 G (2 ms) 73 G; 300 G (2 ms) 36, 18, 9 GB
Random vibration (RMS) 0.67 G (horiz.) / 0.56 G (vert.) 1.04 G

Models Ultra160 SCSI FC-AL-2

IC35L009UWD210, IC35L009UCD210, IC35L009F2D210,
IC35L018UWD210, IC35L018UCD210, IC35L018F2D210,
IC35L036UWD210, IC35L036UCD210, IC35L036F2D210,
IC35L073UWD210, IC35L073UCD210 IC35L073XF2D210

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actual results may vary depending on a variety of

factors. Product claims are true as of the date of the
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