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FUJITSU MAV2036RC User Manual

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Data Format

3-2

C141-E219

Note: Spare sectors on the last track in each cylinder are not necessarily placed at the end of the track

because of a track skew or a cylinder skew. (Details are explained in Subsection 3.1.3.)

-Z

-4

Physics Cylinder

Cylinder0

m-1

Cylinder0

Cylinder0

m-1

1

m-1

m-1

m-1

1

(b-1)

1

Track

Spare sectors for each cell

Spare sectors for each cell

Alternate Cell

Head0

Head1

Head

(a-1)

Change

for cell

(b)

(C)

Last Cylinder
(b-1)

Zone0

Zone1

Zone
(X-1)

System space

Spare Cylinder

User space

Figure 3.1 Cylinder configuration


Apart from the above logical configuration, the HDD intends to increase the storage capacity by
dividing all cylinders into several zones and changing a recording density of each zone.

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