IBM 10K3799 - Manual (Page 22)

The following table lists the environmental specifications for the Slimline drive.
You can mount the drive vertically or horizontally.
Environmental Requirements:
Specification Operational Nonoperational
Temperature
(noncondensing) +5° C to +52° C (+41° F
to +125.6° F) -30° C to +60° C (-22° F to
+140° F)
Relative humidity
(noncondensing) 15% to 85% 10% to 90%
Media speeds
Drive Write/Read Speeds:
Function Supported speed
Read (CD-ROM/CD-R disc) 10X to 24X MAX
Read (CD-RW disc) 5.3X to 12X MAX
Read (DVD-ROM) 3.3X to 8X MAX
Read (DVD-RAM) 2X ZCLV (2.6 GB), 1X ZCLV (4.7 GB)
Media Compatibility
Function CD-R media compatibility CD-RW media
compatibility
Reads ALL ALL
Drive-performance specifications
The following table lists the performance specifications of the Slimline drive.
Note: 1 MB is approximately 1 000 000 bytes of data per second.
Drive performance:
Feature Specification
Burst data transfer rate 16.7 MB per second (ATA PIO Mode 4)
16.7 MB per second (ATA multi-word
DMA Mode 2) 33.3 MB per second
(ATA Ultra-DMA mode 2)
Average access time (including latency) 85 ms (CD-ROM)
DVD-ROM Single layer 95 ms
Dual layer 130 ms
A-2 8X Slimline DVD-ROM Drive: User’s Guide