[Tfug] A/V drives

[johngalt1]

http://www.google.com/search?q=av+hard+drive

http://www.pctechguide.com/31HardDisk_AV_capability.htm



http://www.google.com/search?q=audio+visual+hard+drive

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS80351+09-Jan-2008+BW20080109



http://www.google.com/search?q=av+site%3Ahitachigst.com

Audio/Visual Seamless Streaming
http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:11eAOBVt58gJ:www.hitachigst.com/tech/techlib.nsf/techdocs/FEF3B52BFE9A054586256E66005AA389/%24file/WP_AV_25March.pdf+av+site:hitachigst.com&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&lr=lang_en



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bexley Hall" <bexley401>
To: <tfug at tfug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 3:04 PM
Subject: [Tfug] A/V drives


> Seasoned Greetings!
>
> A/V drives eeked out a bit more performance (actually,
> I suspect it was *determinism* and not raw performance)
> by defering/omitting recalibration activities.
>
> OK, I can understand the value of that.  But, if it can
> be defered/omitted, then why can't *all* drives do this
> (i.e., how do A/V drives achieve thermal stability if
> they don't rely on this?  do they trade data integrity
> for access time?  or, do they count on low duty cycles?)
>
> I'm just trying to wrap my head around the tradeoff
> they are making...
>
> Thx,
> --don
>
>
>
>
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