Maxtor 10K V - Manual (Page 22)

Maxtor Atlas 10K V 2-3
• MaXAdapt
TM
~ Adaptive Active Filter (AAF)
~ Rotational Vibration Compensation (RVC)
~ Adaptive Bias Estimation (ABE)
~ Virtual Cache Line (VCL)
• Ultra 320 Performance Enhancements
~ Double Transition (DT) Data Transfer
~ Free Running Clock (FRC)
~ Skew Compensation
~ Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)
~ Domain Validation
~ Information Unit (IU) Transfers
~ Transmitter Pre-Compensation with Cutback
~ Quick Arbitration and Selection (QAS)
~ Asynchronous Information Protection (AIP)
~ SCSI Bus Fairness
~ Flow Control
Reliability
• Automatic retry on read errors
• 360-bit, interleaved Reed-Solomon Error Correcting Code (ECC), with
cross checking correction up to three separate bursts of 32 bits each
totalling up to 96 bits in length
• Self-diagnostic firmware
• Transparent media defect mapping
• High performance, in-line defective sector skipping
• Reassignment of defective sectors discovered in the field, without
reformatting
• Thermal Sensing monitors the drive temperature to ensure on-going drive
reliability
• Shock Protection System III (SPS III) protects the drive against specific
types of handling events that could cause damage to the drive.