Medalist Family

Ultra ATA Medalist Family

3.5-inch Disc Drives

  • Multimedia-Ready for full-screen, full-motion video playback and MMX
  • Seek times as fast as 9.5 msec and spindle speeds up to 5,400-RPM
  • ATA transfer ratres up to 33.3 Mbytes per second
  • Easy installation
  • Three-year limited warranty


Ultra ATA Medalist

The Ultra ATA Medalist family of 3.5-inch drives is an evolution of the inexpensive ATA interface. Using DMA/33 technology, Ultra ATA drives have a maximum data-transfer rate of 33.3 Mbytes per seconde-double that of Fast ATA-2.

The Ultra ATA Medalist family is offered in a broad range of capacities to suit all types of desktop systems. Ultra ATA Medalist hard drives bring exceptional performance to the PC.

 

Ultra ATA Medalist
Family

ST31012A
Medalist 1012

ST31722A
Medalist 1722

ST32122A
Medalist 2122

ST32532A
Medalist 2532

ST33232A
Medalist 3232

ST34342A
Medalist 4342

ST36451A
Medalist Pro 6451

Capacity,
Formatted Gbytes
(512 bytes/sector)

1.0

1.7

2.1

2.5

3.2

4.3

6.4

Interface

Ultra ATA

Ultra ATA

Ultra ATA

Ultra ATA

Ultra ATA

Ultra ATA

Ultra ATA

Performance

Internal Transfer
Rate, ZBR (Mbits/sec)

up to 87.8

up to 87.8

up to 87.8

up to 87.8

up to 87.8

up to 87.8

up to 116

External Transfer
Rate (Mbytes/sec)

up to 33.3

up to 33.3

up to 33.3

up to 33.3

up to 33.3

up to 33.3

up to 33.3

Average Sustained
Transfer
Rate (Mbytes/sec)

>3.5

>3.5

>3.5

>3.5

>3.5

>3.5

>6.6

Multisegmented Cache
(Kbytes)

128

128

128

128

128

128

512

Multimedia-Ready

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Track-to-Track Seek
(msec)

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

Average Seek
(msec)

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

9.5/10 r/w

Average Latency (msec)

6.67

6.67

6.67

6.67

6.67

6.67

5.58

Spindle Speed (RPM)

4,500

4,500

4,500

4,500

4,500

4.500

5,400

Configuration/Organization

Discs/Read/Write Heads

1/2

2/4

2/4

3/6

3/6

4/8

5/10 MR

Bytes per Sector

512

512

512

512

512

512

512

Recording Method

2/3 (1,7) RLL

2/3 (1,7) RLL

2/3 (1,7) RLL

2/3 (1,7) RLL

2/3 (1,7) RLL

2/3 (1,7) RLL

PRML

Logical Geometry

Sectors per Track

63

63

63

63

63

63

6.3

Cylinders/Heads

2,098/16

3,303/16

4,092/16

4,092/16

6,253/16

8,894/15

6,536/15

Reliability & Data Integrity

MTBF
(power on hours)

300,000

300,000

300,000

300,000

300,000

300,000

500,000

Contact start/stops

40,000

40,000

40,000

40,000

40,000

40,000

30,000

SeashieldTM ESD,
Impact protection

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Nonrecoverable errors
per bits read

1 per 1014

1 per 1014

1 per 1014

1 per 1014

1 per 1014

1 per 1014

1 per 1013

Service Life (years)

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

Limited Warranty
(years)

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Power Requirements

+12 VDC +/-5%
(amps max)

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.8

1.8

1.8

2

+5 VDC +/-5%
(amps)

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.35

Power Management
(watts):

    Seeking

6.4

6.4

6.4

7.4

7.4

7.4

10

    Read/Write

4.5

4.5

4.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

8.5

    Idle

4.4

4.4

4.4

5.4

5.4

5.4

7.3

    Standby

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

Environmental

Operating
Shock (Gs)

5

5

5

5

5

5

10

Nonoperating
Shock (Gs)

75

75

75

75

75

75

75

Operating
Temperature (░C)

5 to 55

5 to 55

5 to 55

5 to 55

5 to 55

5 to 55

5 to 55

Nonoperating
Temperature (░C)

-40 to 60

-40 to 60

-40 to 60

-40 to 60

-40 to 60

-40 to 60

-40 to 70

Acoustics, Idle (Bels/dBA)

34/3.7

34/3.7

34/3.7

3.4/3.7

3.4/3.7

34/3.7

3.6/30

Physical

Height (inches/mm)

1.03/26

1.03/26

1.03/26

1.03/26

1.03/26

1.03/26

1.02/26

Width (inches/mm)

4.03/102

4.03/102

4.03/102

4.03/102

4.03/102

4.03/102

4.02/102

Depth (inches/mm)

5.79/147

5.79/147

5.79/147

5.79/147

5.79/147

5.79/147

5.79/147

Weight lbs/kgs)

1.4/0.57

1.4/0.57

1.4/0.57

1.4/0.57

1.4/0.57

1.4/0.57

1.5/0.68

Software

Bundled Software

Disk Manager

Disk Manager

Disk Manager

DiscWizard

DiscWizard

DiscWizard

DiscWizard


Capacity calculated at 1 Gbyte = 1 billion bytes

Specifications subject to change without notice.

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