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Table of contents
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11.0 General .......................................................................
This document describes the specifications of the Deskstar 120GXP, an IBM 3.5-inch 7200-rpm
ATA interface hard disk drive with the following model numbers:
Part 1 defines the functional specification. Part 2 defines the interface specification.
The specifications in this document are subject to change without notice.
1.1 Glossary
ESDElectrostatic Discharge
Kbpi1,000 bits per inch
Ktpi1,000 tracks per inch
Mbps 1,000,000 bits per second
GB 1,000,000,000 bytes
MB 1,000,000 bytes
KB 1,000 bytes unless otherwise specified
32KB32 x 1024 bytes
64KB 64 x 1024 bytes
S.M.A.R.T. Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology
DFTDrive Fitness Test
ADMAutomatic Drive Maintenance
1.2 General caution
The drive can be damaged by shock or ESD (Electrostatic Discharge). Any damage sustained by the
drive after removal from the shipping package and opening the ESD protective bag are the responsibility
of the user.
1.3 References
! Information Technology-AT Attachment with Packet Interface-6
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2.0 General features
! Data capacities of 20 GB - 120 GB
! Spindle speeds of 7200 RPM
! Enhanced IDE interface
! Sector format of 512 bytes/sector
! Closed-loop actuator servo
! Load/Unload mechanism, non head disk contact start/stop
! Automatic Actuator lock
! Interleave factor 1:1
! Seek time of 8.5 ms in Read Operation (8.2 ms typical without Command Overhead) (2 and 3
disk models)
! Sector Buffer size of 2048 KB (Upper 184.5 KB is used for firmware)
! Ring buffer implementation
! Write Cache
! Queued feature support
! Advanced ECC On The Fly (EOF)
! Automatic Error Recovery procedures for read and write commands
! Self Diagnostics on Power on and resident diagnostics
! PIO Data Transfer Mode 4 (16.6 MB/sec)
! DMA Data Transfer
- Multiword mode Mode 2 (16.6 MB/sec)
- Ultra DMAMode 5 (100 MB/sec)
! CHS and LBA mode
! Power saving modes/Low RPM idle mode (APM)
! S.M.A.R.T. (Self Monitoring and Analysis Reporting Technology)
! Support security feature
! Quiet Seek mode (AAM)
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Part 1. Functional specification
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3.0 Fixed disk subsystem description
3.1 Control Electronics
The drive is electronically controlled by a microprocessor, several logic modules, digital/analog modules,
and various drivers and receivers. The control electronics performs the following major functions:
! Controls and interprets all interface signals between the host controller and the drive.
! Controls read write accessing of the disk media, including defect management and error recovery.
! Controls starting, stopping, and monitoring of the spindle.
! Conducts a power-up sequence and calibrates the servo.
! Analyzes servo signals to provide closed loop control. These include position error signal and
estimated velocity.
! Monitors the actuator position and determines the target track for a seek operation.
! Controls the voice coil motor driver to align the actuator in a desired position.
! Constantly monitors error conditions of the servo and takes corresponding action if an error occurs.
! Monitors various timers such as head settle and servo failure.
! Performs self-checkout (diagnostics).
3.2 Head disk assembly
The head disk assembly (HDA) is assembled in a clean room environment and contains the disks and
actuator assembly. Air is constantly circulated and filtered when the drive is operational. Venting of the
HDA is accomplished via a breather filter.
The spindle is driven directly by an in-hub, brushless, sensorless DC drive motor. Dynamic braking is
used to quickly stop the spindle.
3.3 Actuator
The read/write heads are mounted in the actuator. The actuator is a swing-arm assembly driven by a
voice coil motor. A closed-loop positioning servo controls the movement of the actuator. An embedded
servo pattern supplies feedback to the positioning servo to keep the read/write heads centered over the
desired track.
The actuator assembly is balanced to allow vertical or horizontal mounting without adjustment.
When the drive is powered off, the actuator automatically moves the head to the actuator ramp outside of
the disk where it parks.
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4.0 Drive characteristics
This section describes the characteristics of the drive.
4.1 Default logical drive parameters
The default of the logical drive parameters in Identify Device data is as shown below.
123.5102.982.3Label capacity (GB)
512512512Bytes per Sector
448-928448-928448-928Sectors per Track
654Number of Heads
332Number of Disks
2688-55682240-46401792-3712Data sectors per cylinder
1537-21231537-21231537-2123Data cylinders per zone
Logical Layout
1
161616Number of Heads
636363Number of Sectors/ Track
Number of Cylinders
2
16,38316,38316,383
241,254,720201,045,600160,836,480Number of Sectors
123,522,416,640102,935,347,20082,348,277,760Total Logical Data Bytes
Figure 1. Formatted capacity
Notes:
1
Number of cylinders: For drives with capacities greater an 8.45 GB the IDENTIFY DEVICE information
word 01 limits the number of cylinders to 16,383 per the ATA specification.
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2
Logical layout: Logical layout is an imaginary drive parameter (that is, the number of heads) which is
used to access the drive from the system interface. The Logical layout to Physical layout (that is, the actual Head and Sectors) translation is done automatically in the drive. The default setting can be obtained by
issuing an IDENTIFY DEVICE command
4.2 Data sheet
Low TPI modelsHigh TPI modelsDescription
627592Data transfer rate (Mbps)
1
Data buffer size
Areal density - max (Gbits/in
1
Upper 184.5 KB is used for firmware
(KB)
2
)
100100Interface transfer rate (MB/s)
2,0482,048
7,2007,200Rotational speed (RPM)
up to 12up to 12Number of buffer segments (read)
up to 56up to 56Number of buffer segments (write)
547524Recording density- max (Kbpi)
5456.7Track density (Ktpi)
29.729.7
3131Number of data bands
Figure 2. Mechanical positioning performance
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4.3 Drive organization
4.3.1 Drive format
Upon shipment from IBM manufacturing the drive satisfies the sector continuity in the physical format by
means of the defect flagging strategy described in Section 5.0 on page 19 in order to provide the
maximum performance to users.
Physical cylinder is calculated from the starting data track of 0. It is not relevant to logical CHS. Depending
on the capacity some of the inner zone cylinders are not allocated.
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Data cylinder
This cylinder contains the user data which can be sent and retrieved via read/write commands and a
spare area for reassigned data.
Spare cylinder
The spare cylinder is used by IBM manufacturing and includes data sent from a defect location.
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4.4 Performance characteristics
Drive performance is characterized by the following parameters:
! Command overhead
! Mechanical 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 defines the characteristics of the drive, not the
characteristics of the system throughput which depends on the system and the application.
4.4.1 Command overhead
Command overhead is defined as the time required
! from the time the command is written into the command register by a host
! to the assertion of DRQ for the first data byte of a READ command when the requested data is not
in the buffer
! excluding Physical seek time and Latency
The table below gives average command overhead.
Time (Typical) for
queued command
(ms)
0.30.3Read (Cache not hit) (from Command Write to Seek Start)
0.10.1Read (Cache hit) (from Command Write to DRQ)
0.050.015Write (from Command Write to DRQ)
not applicable0.3Seek (from Command Write to Seek Start)
Command type (Drive is in quiescent state)
Figure 4. Command overhead
Time (Typical)
(ms)
4.4.2 Mechanical positioning
4.4.2.1 Average seek time (without command overhead, including settling)
Max (ms)Typical (ms)Command Type
9.28.2Read (60 GB – 120 GB models)
9.58.5Read (20 GB & 40 GB models)
10.29.2Write
20.519.5Read (Quiet Seek mode)
21.520.5Write (Quiet Seek mode)
Figure 5. Mechanical positioning performance
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The terms “Typical” and “Max” are used throughout this specification with the following meanings:
Typical. The average of the drive population tested at nominal environmental and voltage conditions.
Max. The maximum value measured on any one drive over the full range of the environmental
and voltage conditions. (See Section 6.4, “Environment” on page 45 and Section 6.5, “DC Power
Requirements” on page 47.
Seek time is measured from the start of the motion of the actuator to the start of a reliable read or writeoperation. "Reliable read or write" implies that error correction/recovery is not used to correct arrival problems. The average seek time is measured as the weighted average of all possible seek combinations.
where: max= maximum seek length
n= seek length (1 to max)
TnTn
= inward measured seek time for an n-track seek
in
= outward measured seek time for an n-track seek
out
4.4.2.2 Full stroke seek(without command overhead, including settling)
Max (ms)Typical (ms)Function
17.714.7Read (60 GB – 120 GB models)
18.315.7Read (20 GB & 40 GB models)
18.715.7Write (60 GB – 120 GB models)
19.316.3Write (20 GB & 40 GB models)
35.532.5Read (Quiet Seek mode)
36.533.5Write (Quiet Seek mode)
Figure 6. Full stroke seek time
Full stroke seek is measured as the average of 1000 full stroke seeks with a random head switch from
both directions (inward and outward).
4.4.2.3 Head switch time (Head skew)
Head switch time - typical (ms)
1.556.7 kTPI
2.054 kTPI
Figure 7. Head switch time
Head switch time is defined as the amount of time required by the fixed disk to complete a seek of the
next sequential track after reading the last sector in the current track
The measuring method is given in 4.4.5 “Throughput” on page 17.
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4.4.2.4 Cylinder switch time (Cylinder skew)
Cylinder switch time - typical (ms)
2.056.7 kTPI
2.554 kTPI
Figure 8. Cylinder switch time
Cylinder switch time is defined as the amount of time required by the fixed disk to access the next
sequential block after reading the last sector in the current cylinder.
The measuring method is given in 4.4.5, “Throughput” on page 17.
4.4.2.5 Single track seek time (without command overhead, including settling)
Max (ms)Typical (ms)Function
1.50.8Read
2.01.3Write
1.50.8Read (Quiet Seek mode)
2.01.3Write (Quiet Seek mode)
Figure 9. Single Track Seek Time
Single track seek is measured as the average of one (1) single track seek from every track with a random
head switch in both directions (inward and outward).
ReadyThe condition in which the drive is able to perform a media access command
(such as read, write) immediately.
Power onThis includes the time required for the internal self diagnostics.
Note: Max Power On to ready time is the maximum time period that Device 0 waits for Device 1 to assert
PDIAG–.
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4.4.4 Data transfer speed
Data transfer speed
Disk-Buffer transfer (Zone 0)
Disk-Buffer transfer (Zone 30)
Figure 12. Data transfer speed
! Instantaneous disk-buffer transfer rate (Mbyte/sec) is derived by the following formula:
512 (Number of sectors on a track) (revolution per second)
Note: The number of sectors per track will vary because of the linear density recording.
! Sustained disk-buffer transfer rate (Mbyte/sec) is defined by considering head/cylinder change time
for read operation. This gives a local average data transfer rate. It is derived by the following formula:
(Sustained Transfer Rate) = A / (B +C +D ) where
A = 512 (number of data sectors per cylinder)
B = (number of Surfaces per cylinder – 1) (head switch time)
C = cylinder change time
D = (number of surfaces) (time for one revolution)
120 GB model
(Mbyte/sec)
57.2Instantaneous - typical
48.0Sustained - read typical
27.6Instantaneous - typical
23.2Sustained - read typical
100Buffer-Host (max)
! Instantaneous buffer-host transfer rate (Mbyte/sec) defines the maximum data transfer rate on the AT
Bus. It also depends on the speed of the host.
The method of measurement is given in 4.4.5, "Throughput" on page 17.
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