Hardware Components
Mass Storage Devices
Chapter 5
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Mass Storage Devices
You can find information about available accessories at
www.hp.com/pcaccessories
Flexible Disk Drives
The front-access shelf has a 3.5-inch, 1.44MB flexible disk drive.
Hard Disk Drives
Tables 5-1, 5-2 and 5-3 list the 5.25-inch (1-inch high) hard disk drives (which are subject
to change) that may be supplied with the HP Workstation x2100 (type and quantity
depends on model) on internal shelves, connected to the SCSI or IDE controller.
Table 5-5 Quantum/Maxtor SCSI Hard Disk Drives
FEATURE
Quantum
Atlas 10K II
(10 krpm)
Quantum
Atlas 10K II
(10 krpm)
Maxtor Atlas
10K III
(10 krpm)
Capacity 18.4 GB 36.7 GB 73.4 GB
Interface Ultra160 SCSI Ultra160 SCSI Ultra160 SCSI
Ext. peak transfer rate 160 MB/sec 160 MB/sec 160 MB/sec
Average seek time (read) 4.7 ms 4.7 ms <5.0 ms
Internal data rate (MB/sec) 280 MB/sec to
478 MB/sec
280 to
478 MB/sec.
NA
Number of discs/heads 3/6 5/10 4/8
Buffer size 8 MB 8 MB 8 MB
Table 5-6 Seagate SCSI Hard Disk Drives
FEATURE
Seagate (Cheetah 73LP -
ST373405)
(10 krpm)
Capacity 73 GB
Interface Ultra/2/3 SCSI
Ext. peak transfer rate 160 MB/sec
Average seek time (read) 5.3 msec w/ controller overhead)
Internal data rate (MB/sec) 399-671 MB/sec (variable with zone)
Number of discs/heads ?/8
Buffer size 4096 KB
