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Industry-leading capacity, performance, and acoustics




IBM TravelstarTM 60GH and 40GN
2.5-inch hard disk drives



Leading-edge technology areal density, breaking through limita-
Highlights IBM continues its tradition of mobile stor- tions of the super paramagnetic effect.
age leadership with the IBM Travelstar
60GH and 40GN hard drives. The As a result, the new IBM Travelstar
IBM advances its notebook
hard drive leadership with the Travelstar 60GH is the industry's first drives are suitable for demanding,
highest capacity, highest 60GB notebook hard disk drive employ- high-capacity Internet, digital audio,
performing drives ing four disks in a 12.5mm high design video streaming, and real-time multi-

and is the fourth-generation of 5,400rpm media applications--whether users
IBM offers new models that mobile drives in the industry. are in the office or on the road. In non-
operate with the Enhanced traditional applications, Travelstar drives
Availability feature The innovative hard drive design com- can now incorporate into such prod-
bines AFC Media, Fluid Dynamic ucts as Point-of-Sale Systems, Set-
60GH--the fourth generation of Top Boxes, Telemetry (automobile)
Bearing (FDB) motor technology, an
5,400rpm models--offers
ATA-100 interface, IBM giant magnetore- applications, and communications and
highest capacity and highest
sistive (GMR) head technology, Partial entertainment systems.
performance in the industry with
Response Maximum Likelihood (PRML)
a 60GB capacity
digital channel, a head load/unload fea- Performance and reliability
ture, and Enhanced Adaptive Battery The IBM Travelstar 60GH and 40GN hard
40GN provides areal densities of
Life ExtenderTM (ABLE) 3.0. This design drives use proven IBM technology such
up to 34Gbits/sq.inch, yielding
provides the exceptional quietness, as TrueTrack Servo, IBM Drive Fitness
up to 20GB of capacity per disk
storage capacity, performance, power TestTM (DFT), and Self-Monitoring Analysis
All models contain Fluid Dynamic management, quality, and reliability and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.),
Bearing (FDB) motor technology required by today's notebook systems. as well as a thermistor, an adaptive
for industry-leading idle and control device that helps maintain high
operating acoustic performance The Travelstar family of hard disk drives performance and fast seek times at high
incorporates the latest IBM storage environmental temperatures.
Travelstar provides industry- technology--antiferromagnetically cou-
leading operational shock rating pled (AFC) media, informally known as Enhanced Availability models
of up to 200Gs (2ms) "pixie dust." This technology sandwiches IBM also offers enhanced availability
a three-atom-thick layer of ruthenium, a features on selected new Travelstar
Travelstar leverages latest models. These industry-first models
precious metal, between two magnetic
antiferromagnetically coupled
layers on a disk, allowing for a higher increase the hard disk drive's available
(AFC) media, also known as
"pixie dust"
"power-on" hours for emerging applica-
tions with continuous operation. At a
read/write or data access rate of up to 50
percent--a typical usage cycle for 24x7
blade server environments--the drives
are designed to allow users to leave these
drives powered on around-the-clock.


Advanced mobile systems
With these new drives, IBM has once
again redefined state-of-the-art storage
IBM Travelstar 60GH: 12.5mm, 5,400rpm, IBM Travelstar 40GN: 9.5mm, 4,200rpm, for mobile computing. The reduced
60GB ATA-5 hard drive1 40GB ATA-5 hard drive1
acoustics, high speeds, and capacities
of IBM Travelstar drives support superior
digital content creation capabilities,
higher quality digital audio and video,

IBM Travelstar hard disk drive characteristics and significantly faster processing for
data-intensive multimedia and Internet
Feature Benefit
applications.
First 60GB mobile hard drive and the fourth- IBM Travelstar 60GH has the industry-leading capacity and
generation 5,400rpm model in the industry performance to enable mobile users to work with a new
range of emerging storage-intensive applications. By using one of the new Travelstar drives
Drive Noise Suppression System (DNSS) IBM Travelstar 60GH and 40GN incorporate state-of- in a laptop system, you can unchain