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- State-of-the-art areal density
- Ultra ATA/100 – Up to 100 MB/s burst transfer
rates
- 2 MB cache buffer
- Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) technology – improves hard drive reliability; reduces heat, vibration, and
noise
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WD Caviar 7200 RPM EIDE hard drives in capacities up to 120 GB at huge
savings! Performance geared to advanced and mainstream desktop personal
computers, WD Caviar drives are built to the highest standards of quality and
reliability.
Western Digital Caviar Data Protection Enhancements
- Data Lifeguard is a set of data protection features that include shock
protection, an environmental protection system, and embedded error detection and
repair features that automatically find, isolate, and repair problem areas that
may develop over the extended use of the hard drive.
- Data Lifeguard Tools is a set of software utilities that work in conjunction
with the embedded Data Lifeguard features to make hard drive installation, drive
management diagnostics, and repair simple and worry-free.
- Shock Guard provides outstanding improvements in shock and vibration
protection for WD Caviar drives. Shock Guard allows instantaneous data
protection at high shock values to achieve leading shock specifications.
| Western
Digital Caviar IDE Hard Drive General Specifications |
| Rotational Speed |
7,200 RPM (nominal) |
| Buffer Size |
2 MB |
| Average Latency |
4.20 ms (nominal) |
| Contact Start/Stop Cycles |
50,000 minimum |
| Warranty |
1 year manufacturers
warranty |
| Seek Times
(Average) |
| Read Seek Time (Average) |
8.9 ms |
| Write Seek Time (Average) |
10.9 ms (average) |
| Track-To-Track Seek Time |
2.0 ms (average) |
| Full Stroke Seek |
21.0 ms (average) |
| Transfer
Rates |
| Buffer To Disk |
748 Mbits/s (Max) |
| Buffer to Host (EIDE) |
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Mode 5 Ultra ATA |
100.0 MB/s |
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Mode 4 Ultra ATA |
66.6 MB/s |
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Mode 2 Ultra ATA |
33.3 MB/s |
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Mode 4 PIO |
16.6 MB/s |
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Mode 2 multi-word DMA |
16.6 MB/s |
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