Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 Ultra Series

Written by: Justin "WyreTheWolf" Easley

Model: Maxtor 6Y080P0
Price: $110 - $150
Availability: Now

INTRODUCTION

Western Digital was the first company to bring a 8MB cache to the IDE world. They have held the performance crown for some time now. Up until recently the Western Digital JB HDDs have remained unchallenged.

Enter the Maxtor DMP9... It also sports a 7200rpm drive, and 8MB of cache. It also brings to the performance table liquid bearings, and ATA133. Is this enough to take the performance crown from Western Digital?

SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS

MSI KT3 Ultra - VIA KT333 chipset - VIA Hyperion v.4.45
AMD Athlon XP 1600+ @ (10.5*166) 2200+ overclock
VisionTek Geforce4 Ti 4200se 128MB - nVidia Ref. 41.09
Philips Acoustic Edge PSC706 - v.1.89 WDM
512MB Corsair XMS PC3200 C2
3COM 10/100 ethernet
Windows XP Pro - SP1

DRIVE SPECIFICATION

Performance Specifications:

Rotational Speed 7200 RPM
Buffer Size 2MB and 8MB cache
External Transfer Rate(MB/sec) ATA/133 133
SATA 150
Average Seek (ms) <9.0
Average Latency (ms) 4.17

Drive Configuration:

Bytes per Sector/Block 512
Logical CHS 16,383/16/63
Reliability Specifications:
Start/Stop Cycles (min) >50,000
Component Design Line (min) 5 years
Data Errors (non-recoverable) <1 per 10E 15 bits read
Annualized Return Rate (ARR) <1%

Power Requirements:

Mode 5V 12V
Seek (mA) 858 662
Idle (mA) 668 334
Standby (mA) 90 37

Environmental Limits:

Acoustics FDB motor:
Idle (sound power: bel) 2.5
Seek (sound power: bel) 3.5

Temperature:

Operating (°C) 5 to 60
Non-operating (°C) -40 to 71

Shock:

Operating Mechanical Shock 2ms (G) 60
Non-operating Mechanical Shock 2ms (G) 300

Physical Dimensions:

Height (max mm) 26.1
Width (typical mm) 101.6
Length (max mm) 146.1
Weight (LB/g) 1.27/630

Specifications subject to change without notice. GB means 1 billion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. Seek times and acoustics are average values. ©2002 Maxtor Corporation. Maxtor and DiamondMax are registered trademarks of Maxtor Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owner. Printed in the USA. Maxtor
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