Savvio 15K SAS Product Manual, Rev. B
4.2.2 Format command execution time
Execution time measured from receipt of the last byte of the Command Descriptor Block (CDB) to the request
for a Status Byte Transfer to the Initiator (excluding connect/disconnect).
4.2.3 General performance characteristics
ST973451SS ST936751SS
Maximum (with verify)
52 minutes 26 minutes
Maximum (without verify)
35 minutes 18 minutes
Sustained trasfer rate 79 to 112 Mbytes/sec
SAS Interface maximum instantaneous transfer rate 300 Mbytes/sec* per port
(dual port = 600 Mbytes/sec*)
Logical block sizes
512 (default), 520, 524 and 528
Read/write consecutive sectors on a track Yes
Flaw reallocation performance impact (for flaws reallocated at format time using the
spare sectors per sparing zone reallocation scheme.)
Negligible
Average rotational latency 2.0 msec
*Assumes no errors and no relocated logical blocks. Rate measured from the start of the first logical block transfer to or
from the host.
