Hitachi HUS154530VLF400 User Manual
Hitachi Ultrastar 15K450 (FC-AL) Hard Disk Drive Specification
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6.0 Physical Format
Media defects are remapped to the next available sector during the Format Process in manufacturing. The mapping from Log-
ical Block Address (LBA) to the physical Block locations is calculated using internally maintained tables.
ical Block Address (LBA) to the physical Block locations is calculated using internally maintained tables.
6.1 Shipped Format (P-List)
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Data areas are optimally used.
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All pushes generated by defects are absorbed by available tracks of the inner notch.
P-List Physical Format
Note: Defects are skipped without any constraint, such as track or cylinder boundary. The calculation from LBA to physical
is done automatically by internal table.
is done automatically by internal table.
6.2 Reassigned Format (G-List)
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G-List has a capacity of 5000 Customer LBAs.
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Multiple reassignments of the same Customer LBA do not increase the number of G-List entries.
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A track for spare sectors is inserted after every 800 nominal customer tracks.
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