White papers on Hard Disk Drive Technology
General
Cheetah X15-36LP: Economies of Speed (PDF,197 KB) (Seagate Technology LLC)
Cheetah X15-36LP: Datasheet (PDF, 248 KB) (Seagate Technology LLC)
Electromagnetic Compatibility of Disc Drives in Desktop Computers and Consumer Electronic Devices (PDF, 323 B) (Seagate Technology LLC)
Disc Drive Capacity and Performance (PDF, 71 KB) (Seagate Technology LLC)
Performance Media: Tweaking Magnetic Capabilities (PDF, 269 KB) (Seagate Technology LLC)
10k RPM drives (PDF, 12.4KB) (Seagate Technology LLC)
8.4GB_Capacity_Barrier_WDC (PDF, 57 KB) (Western Digital Corporation)
Ultra ATA/133: Performance to Match the PCI Bus (PDF) (Maxtor Corporation) *
Big drives (>137 GB) (PDF) (Maxtor Corporation)*
An Introduction to Magnetic Recording Heads (PDF, 1,100 KB) (Seagate Technology LLC)
Motors
Cheetah X15-36LP FDB (Fluid Dynamic Bearing) Motor (PDF, 110 KB) (Seagate Technology LLC)
Acoustics
Isolators for Acoustics - The Effects of Using Isolators For Mounting Disk Drives in PC systems (PDF, 199 KB) (Seagate Technology LLC)
Disc Drive Acoustics (PDF, 92 KB) (Seagate Technology LLC)
Seagate's Advanced Multidrive System (SAMS) Rotational Vibration Feature (PDF, 132 KB) (Seagate Technology LLC)
Reliability
Enhanced Smart - Get S.M.A.R.T. For Reliability (PDF, 183 KB) (Seagate Technology LLC)
Playing it S.M.A.R.T. (PDF, 12.3 KB) (Seagate Technology LLC)
Enhanced Drive Self-Test (PDF) (Seagate Technology LLC)
Seagate Shock Protection for Desktop Drives (PDF, 132 KB) (Seagate Technology LLC)
Seagate Shock Protection for Disk Drives (PDF) (Seagate Technology LLC)
