Title :
Self-servo writing process of writing track and sector information on HGST hard disk drives improves performance, reliability and cost
Author_Institution :
HGST - Western Digital Corp., San Jose, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes the sources of error in Self Servo Track Writing (SSW) and how they are mitigated. Comparison of this process with the competitor´s process show improved quality of tracks and sectors. Hence enhancing the reliability of the data stored in the HGST drives and the performance data access. Moreover this process of helium sealed drives comes only from HGST, using remarkably less energy compared with traditional drives and is now used widely in cloud storage uses this unique process.
Keywords :
disc drives; hard discs; servomechanisms; storage management; HGST hard disk drive; SSW; cloud storage; data reliability; data storage; helium sealed drive; performance data access; performance improvement; sector information writing; sector quality; self servo track writing; self-servo writing process; track information writing; track quality; Abstracts; Helium; Lead; Magnetic resonance; Monitoring; Propulsion; Tunneling magnetoresistance;
Conference_Titel :
World Automation Congress (WAC), 2014
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
DOI :
10.1109/WAC.2014.6936101