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(Part 4)
SCSI vs. IDE Bus Mastering for DAWs, Part 4
by D. Glen Cardenas and Jose M. Catena
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Maxtor Disk Drive Specification Comparison Chart as of June 29, 2000
IDE Drives Rotational speed

Capacity
MBytes

Platters/
Heads

Avg. Seek Track to Track seek Full Stroke Seek Avg. Latency Controller overhead Min/Max Xfer rate Buffer to disk Buffer size
DiamondMax 36 series

91369U3
91826U4
92739U6
93652U8

5400rpm  

13,698
18,264
27,396
36,529

 

2 / 3
2 / 4
3 / 6
4 / 8

9ms 1ms 20ms 5.55ms 0.3ms 34.2 MB/sec 2MB
DiamondMax 40 series

91024U2
92049U4
93073U6
94098U8

5400rpm  

10,245
20,490
30,735
40,980

 

1 / 2
2 / 4
3 / 6
4 / 8

9ms 1ms 20ms 5.55ms 0.3ms 36.9 MB/sec 2MB
DiamondMax 60 series

94610U6
96147U8

5400rpm  

46,100
61,470

 

3 / 6
4 / 8

9ms 1ms 20ms 5.55ms 0.3ms 40.8 MB/sec 2MB
DiamondMax VL17 series

90431U1
90871U2
91301U3
91741U4

5400rpm  

4,310
8,710
13,010
17,410

 

1 / 1
1 / 2
2 / 3
2 / 4

9.5ms 1ms 20ms 5.55ms 0.3ms 34.2 MB/sec 512K
DiamondMax VL20 series

91021U2
91531U3
92041U4

5400rpm  

10,245
15,367
20,490

 

1 / 2
2 / 3
2 / 4

9.5ms 1ms 20ms 5.55ms 0.3ms 36.9 MB/sec 512K
DiamondMax VL30 series

30768U1
31536U2
32049U3
33073U4

5400rpm  

7,683
15,367
20,490
30,735

 

1 / 1
1 / 2
2 / 3
2 / 4

9.5ms 1ms 20ms 5.55ms 0.3ms 40.8 MB/sec 512K
DiamondMax 6800 series

90683U2
91024U3
91366U4
92049U6
92732U8

7200rpm  

6,831
10,246
13,662
20,493
27,325

 

1 / 2
2 / 3
2 / 4
3 / 6
4 / 8

9ms 1ms 20ms 4.18ms 0.3ms 33.7 MB/sec 2MB
DiamondMax Plus40 series

51024U2
51536U3
52049U4
53073U6
54098U8

7200rpm  

10,245
15,367
20,490
30,735
40,981

 

1 / 2
2 / 3
2 / 4
3 / 6
4 / 8

9ms 1ms 20ms 4.17ms 0.3ms 43.2 MB/sec 2MB



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