Maxtor DiamondMax VL 17 - Manual (Page 12)

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
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Product Description
Maxtor DiamondMax™ VL 17 AT disk drives are 1-inch high, 3.5-inch diameter random access storage devices
which incorporate an on-board ATA-5/Ultra DMA 66 controller. High capacity is achieved by a balanced
combination of high areal recording density and the latest data encoding and servo techniques.
Maxtor's latest advancements in electronic packaging and integration methods have lowered the drive's power
consumption and increased its reliability. Advanced giant magneto-resistive read/write heads and a state-of-the-art
head/disk assembly - using an integrated motor/spindle design - allow up to four disks in a 3.5-inch package.
The new DiamondMax™ VL 17 (Value Line) series from Maxtor are 1- and 2-disk products expressly designed
for entry-level comercial systems and consumer electronics applications where disk storage value is paramount.
Available in capacities up to 17 GB, the VL series provides the proven quality and reliability of the original
DiamondMax products and includes an UltraDMA 66 interface, 512 KB buffer and 9.5 ms seek performance.
DiamondMax VL 17 Key Features
ANSI ATA-5 compliant PIO Mode 4 interface (Enhanced IDE)
Supports Ultra DMA Mode 4 for up to 66.7 MB/sec data transfers
512 KB buffer with multi-adaptive cache manager
5,400 RPM spin speed
9.5 ms seek time
Zone density and I.D.-less recording
Outstanding shock resistance at 250 Gs
High durability with 50K constant start/stop cycles
Advanced multi-burst on-the-fly Error Correction Code (ECC)
Extended data integrity with ECC protected data and fault tolerant servo synchronization fields
Supports EPA Energy Star Standards (Green PC Friendly) with ATA powering savings commands
Auto park and lock actuator mechanism
Low power consumption
S.M.A.R.T. Capability
Note: Maxtor defines one megabyte as 10 6 or one million bytes and one gigabyte as 10 9 or one billion bytes.