Maxtor DiamondMax VL 30 Series User Manual

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The DiamondMax VL 30
series delivers unbeatable
reliability including:

• 15.3 GB of storage per disk

• Fast data transfer rates

(up to 66 MB/sec)

• 5,400 RPM spin speed

• < 9.5 ms average seek

• 512 KB cache buffer

• 3-year warranty

E R F O R M A N C E

P E C I F I C A T I O N S

Seek Times (typical)

Track to Track

1 ms

Average

< 9.5 ms

Full Stroke

< 20 ms

Average Latency

5.55 ms

Rotation Speed (± 0.1%)

5,400 RPM

Controller Overhead

< 0.3 ms

Start Time (0 - drive ready)

8.5 sec typical

ATA

R A N S F E R

AT E S

To/From Interface

up to 66 MB/sec

To/From Media

up to 40.8 MB/sec

R I V E

O N F I G U R A T I O N

Integrated Controller

ATA-5/UDMA 66

Buffer Size

512 KB

Buffer Type

SDRAM

Data Zones per Surface

Bytes per Sector/Block

512

E L I A B I L I T Y

P E C I F I C A T I O N S

Start/Stop Cycles

50,000 (minimum)

Component Design Life

5 years (minimum)

Data Errors (non-recoverable)

< 1 per 10

bits read

Annual Return Rate (ARR)

< 1%

O W E R

E Q U I R E M E N T S

(

T Y P I C A L

)

O D E

1 2 V ± 1 0 %

5 V ± 5 %

O W E R

Spin-up (peak)

1800 mA

600 mA

Seek

650 mA

550 mA

10.6 W

Read/Write

250 mA

550 mA

5.8 W

Idle

250 mA

500 mA

5.5 W

Standby

20 mA

200 mA

1.3 W

N V I R O N M E N T A L

I M I T S

C O U S T I C S

Idle mode

3.1 bel (average sound power)

E M P E R AT U R E

Operating

5° C - 55° C

Non-operating, Storage

-40° C - 71° C

E L AT I V E

U M I D I T Y

(

N O N

C O N D E N S I N G

)

Operating, Non-operating, Storage

5% - 95%

Maximum Wet Bulb, Operating

30° C

LT I T U D E

(

R E L AT I V E T O S E A L E V E L

)

Operating

-200 - 10,000 feet

Non-operating

-200 - 40,000 feet

I B R AT I O N

Operating, random, no errors

10 - 45 Hz at 0.004 G2/Hz
48 - 62 Hz at 0.008 G2/Hz

65 - 300 Hz at 0.004 G2/Hz

301 - 500 Hz at 0.0006 G2/Hz

Non-operating, random

10 - 2,000 Hz at 2.15 Grms, no damage

Operating, swept sine (.25 octave per minute)
10 - 300 Hz

1.0 G peak amplitude

H O C K

Operating Mechanical Shock

30 Gs, 2 ms, no errors

Non-operating Mechanical Shock

250 Gs, 2 ms, no damage

H Y S I C A L

I M E N S I O N S

(

M A X I M U M

)

Height

1.02 in

2.61 cm

Length

5.78 in

14.70 cm

Width

4.00 in

10.16 cm

Weight

1.30 lbs

0.59 kg

All Maxtor products are backed by the

No Quibble Service

policy, the benchmark

for service and support in the industry.

No Quibble Service includes:

• Advance replacement in 2 business days

• MaxFax

24-hour automated technical support

• Maxtor’s commitment to total customer satisfaction

• Phone technicians available Monday– Friday

For more information or to talk to a customer support representative, call: (U.S. and Canada)
800-2MAXTOR. Available 5

.– 5

. (PT) Mon – Fri; (Europe) +353 1 204 1111. Available

9:30

.– 6

. (CET) Mon –Thurs and 9:30

.– 5

. (CET) Fri; (Asia/Pacific) 800-481-6788.

Available 8

.– 5:30

. (GMT+8) Mon – Fri; or visit our home page on the Internet at

http://www.maxtor.com.

Specifications subject to change without notice. Maxtor defines 1 megabyte as 10

or 1 million bytes and 1 gigabyte as 10

or 1

billion bytes.

Acoustics measured at 5k ft.

Without non-recoverable errors. DualWave

, MaxFax

, MaxSafe

and ShockBlock

are trademarks of Maxtor. DiamondMax

, Maxtor

and No Quibble Service

are registered trademarks of Maxtor Corporation.

MODEL

33073U4

32049U3

31536U2

30768U1

CAPACITY

30,735 MB

20,490 MB

15,367 MB

7,683 MB

HEADS

DISKS

Category Leader

DiamondMax Plus 6800 (27.3 GB)

Winmag.com

, October 1999

Hard Drive Best Buy

DiamondMax Plus 5120 (20.4 GB)

PC World Magazine

, October 1999

Safe Buy

DiamondMax Plus 40 (40.9 GB)

Storage Review.com

, December 1999

Category Leader

DiamondMax Plus 40 (40.9 GB)

Winmag.com

, January 2000