Outstanding value, high capacity, and improved performance in a 9.5 mm height hard disk drive for notebook computing
IBM Travelstar 3GN
Highlights
High capacity
An areal density of 3.1 Gbits/square inch provides capacities of 3.2 and 2.1 GB to help meet the demands of the dataintensive applications required by notebook users.
Improved performance
Faster data rates, improved RPM (4200), and a 128 KB data buffer enhance performance without increasing power consumption. An Ultra DMA implementation boosts interface transfer rates to 33.3 MB/sec.
Superior power management
Enhanced Adaptive Battery Life Extender™ 2.0 power management technology includes Performance Idle, Active Idle, and Low Power Idle modes. It selects the appropriate mode to minimize power usage and increase battery life.
Rugged design
The Travelstar 3GN extends the proven Travelstar ruggedness to an industryleading 700 G/1ms non-operating shock rating and a 50 percent improvement in operating shock—to 150 G/2 ms—to help increase reliability.
Integrated Lead Suspension
An innovative new technology, Integrated Lead Suspension (ILS), reduces the number of moving parts and helps improve drive reliability.
Leading drive technology
With its high capacity, power management, performance, and ruggedness in a thin package, the Travelstar 3GN provides outstanding value for portable computing. At only 99 grams, the Travelstar 3GN is the lightest 2 or 3 GB notebook disk drive available, making it an ideal solution to the increasing demand for value and ultraportable notebooks.
To provide this high level of performance, theTravelstar 3GN employs proven IBM technology. Magnetoresistive Extended (MRX) advanced head technology increases areal density, thereby reducing the number of disks and heads required to provide each capacity point.The MRX head technology increases areal density to 3.1Gbits/square inch, and its pico slider enables more disk surface to be read.
IBM’s proven head Load/Unload technology enables the use of smooth disks, allowing lower fly height that results in higher areal density. No-ID™ sector formatting also increases storage capacity by eliminating the overhead caused by the duplicate storage of each data sector’s ID field.The Partial Response Maximum Likelihood (PRML) digital channel enables higher areal densities, significantly contributing to the drive’s overall capacity and performance. In addition, S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) protocol support improves data availability by alerting the system of impending drive failure.
All of these innovative IBM technologies enable the Travelstar 3GN to provide the exceptional capacity, performance, power management, shock resistance, and reliability required by today’s value and ultra-portable notebooks.
IBM quality and service
The Travelstar 3GN is backed by a threeyear warranty and a wide range of technical support and services, which may include qualification support and integration assistance. This comprehensive support package helps ensure that IBM customers can continue to develop and manufacture high-quality, costeffective systems.
Travelstar 3GN 2.5-inch 3.2 GB ultra-low- profile disk drive
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