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Great performance and reliability provide high value for a wide
range of performance desktops, workstations, and PC servers
IBM Ultrastar 9ES Hard Disk Drive
Highlights Leading drive technology IBM and Mitsubishi have developed an
As a member of the IBM Ultrastar family of integrated LSI chip that incorporates a
disk drives, the Ultrastar 9ES is designed to microcomputer, hard disk controller, and
Enhanced performance
provide a reliable, cost-effective storage flash memory in a single chip. This design
Average seek times of 7 ms and mini-
.5
solution for a wide range of workstations, helps to increase performance, reduce
mum sustained data rates of 8.3 MB/sec
high-performance desktop systems, and power usage, and enhance reliability.
provide high performance for a variety of
LAN servers running Internet/intranet,
PC, workstation, and server applications.
CAD/CAM, and multimedia applications.
SCAM-2 (SCSI Configured
Industry-standard capacities Automatically)-compliant
The Ultrastar 9ES achieves its high level of
At 4.5 and 9. GB, the Ultrastar* 9ES
1 Ultrastar 9ES drives support the imple-
reliability performance, and affordability
,
provides the storage required by a broad mentation of SCAM-2. This support may
by leveraging IBM's development and
range of data-intensive applications. increase user productivity by simplifying
implementation experience in advanced
and improving the installation and configu-
disk drive technologies. These include
Extremely low power dissipation ration of SCSI disk drives.
Magnetoresistive Extended (MRX)
Through efficient electronic design and a
advanced head technology, No-ID* sector
new integrated LSI chip, the Ultrastar 9ES
formatting, the Partial Response Maxi- Flexible interfaces
provides the industry's lowest 7200 RPM
mum Likelihood (PRML) digital data To accommodate a wide range of system
idle power, helping to improve reliability and
channel, and a new integrated LSI chip. requirements, Ultrastar 9ES drives are
ease of integration.
available with an Ultra-SCSI interface in
MRX advanced head technology multiple configurations: 50-pin Single-
Proven IBM reliability
increases areal density and reduces the ended, 68-pin Single-ended Wide, and
With a reputation for quality and reliability,
number of disks and heads required for 80-pin SCA-2 Single-ended Wide.
IBM SCSI drives provide excellent cost-of-
a given capacity. No-ID sector format-
ownership benefits to system integrators.
ting increases storage capacity by
eliminating overhead caused by the
Low acoustics
duplicate storage of each data sector's
With acoustics matching IBM's previous-
ID field onto the disk, which thereby
generation 5400 RPM drives, the Ultrastar
creates more available disk space for
9ES provides excellent human factors
data. PRML enables higher areal
qualities for workstation and desktop PCs.
densities and significantly enhances
the drive's overall performance by
Exceptional data protection
increasing media-to-buffer and buffer
S.M.A.R.T (Self-Monitoring Analysis and
.
transfer rates.
Reporting T echnology) protocol support
alerts systems of impending drive failure
and helps ensure data availability.
Ultrastar 9ES 3.5-inch 4.5/9. GB low-
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profile SCSI high-performance disk drive
IBM Ultrastar 9ES 3.5-inch 9 GB disk drive DDRS-34560/39130 DDRS-34560/39130
Configuration Interface Fast, Fast & Wide, SCA-2, Fast & Wide, SCA-2, ULTRA-2 SCSI
SCSI-3 (ULTRA)
Formatted capacity (512 bytes) 4.5/9. GB1
1
Number of disks 3/5
Number of heads 5/10
Areal density (maximum) 1.56 Gbits/sq. in.
Recording density (maximum) 156 KBPI
Recording zones 8
User cylinders 8420
Track density 10,000 TPI
Sector size 512 Bytes
Channel PRML
Encoding method RLL (16/17)
Head type Magnetoresistive Extended (MRX)
Performance Data buffer (read, look ahead buffer, write cache) 512 KB2
Rotational speed 7200 RPM
Latency (average) 4. 7 ms
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Media transfer rate 108.6 to 171. Mbits/sec
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Interface transfer rate (SCSI max) 20/40 MB/sec3 80 MB/sec3
Minimum sustained data rate 8.3 to 13.3/8.4 to 13.4 MB/sec
Seek time (typical read)
Average 7 ms
.5
Track-to-track 0.8 ms
Full track 15.0 ms
Reliability Non-recoverable read errors <10 in 10E14 bits read
PFA/S.M.A.R.T. Yes
Power Startup current (average) 0.27 Amps (5V), 2.00 Amps (12V)
Idle (average) 5.3/7 Watts
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Power consumption efficiency index 0.0012/0.0008 Watts/MB4
Physical dimensions Height 25.4 mm
Width 101.6 mm
Depth 146.0 mm
Weight (max) 630 g
Environmental characteristics Operating Non-Operating
Temperature 5