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1
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This process protects data by adding extra information that can be used to rebuild data if a drive fails

A

Disk Stripping With Parity

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2
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The geometry value that describes the number of sectors in each track.

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Sectors Per Track

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3
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Today the most often used method to move the actuator arms in a Hard Drive

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Voice Coil

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4
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This determines where a hard drive stores data

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Geometry

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5
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The onboard circuitry of the drive that translates logical geometry to the physical geometry

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Sector Translation

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6
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The traditional I/O addressing scheme, where the CPU talks directly to the hard drive via the BIOS to send and receive data. There are three different speeds.

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PIO Modes

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7
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ATA-4 introduced this new mode and it is now the primary way a hard drive communicates with a PC.

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Ultra DMA

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8
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Is composed of individual platters, with read/write heads on actuator arms controlled by a servo motor- all contained in a sealed case that prevents contamination by outside air.

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HDD

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9
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One of the two technologies used to move the arms in a hard drive. (not voice coil)

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Stepper Motor

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10
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An advanced method of RLL that uses powerful, intelligent circuitry to analyze each flux reversal and make a “best guess” as to what type of flux reversal it just read.

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PRML

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11
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ATA-7 introduced this the fastest and probably least adopted of all of the ATA speed, Ultra DMA mode 6.

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ATA/133

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12
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ATA Hard Drives are often referred to as this type of drive.

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IDE

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13
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A number ranging from 0 to 15 which provides a way for the host adapter to tell one device from another.

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SCSI ID

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14
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Spreading data among multiple drives. This provides no redundancy.

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Disk Striping

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15
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Another name for actuator arms which move the read/writ heads across the platter on the hard drive.

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Head Actuator

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16
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Another name for ATA-6 which increased the limit of hard drives to 144 petyabytes (144,000,000GB)

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ATA/ATAPI6

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17
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An extension to the ATA specification that enables non-hard drive devices such as CD_ROM drives and tape backups to connect the PC via the ATA controllers

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ATAPI

18
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Using a separate controller on each drive. With two drives, each on a separate controller, the system will continue to operate even if the primary drive’s controller stops working.

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Disk Duplexing

19
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A type of drive with no moving parts. It is faster and cooler than a regular hard drive.

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SSD

20
Q

Helps predict when a hard drive is going to fall by monitoring the hard drive’s mechanical components.

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S. M. A. R. T.

21
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Creates the ability of the Hard Drive to lie to the computer about its geometry through an advanced type of sector translation

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LBA

22
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The process of reading and writing data at the same time to two drives

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Disk Mirroring

23
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A tiny car that you plug directly into the 40-pin connector on a PATA drive that enables you to install a parallel ATA device, including a hard drive, optical drive, and other devices, to a serial ATA controller

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SATA Bridge

24
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A specific piece of track on a sliver, and each sector stores 512 bytes of data

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sector

25
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These types of devices connect together in a string of devices called a chain

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SCSI

26
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Putting something on the ends of the wire to prevent an echo

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Termination

27
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A group of tracks of the same diameter on a hard drive.

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Cylinder

28
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This type of interface started around 1990, and now virtually monopolizes the hard drive market

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ATA

29
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A series of improvements to the ATA standard is also called ATA-2

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EIDE

30
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A method to enable the hard drives to talk to RAM directly, using old-style DMA commands

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DMA Modes

31
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A series of SCSI devices working together through a host adapter

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SCSI Chain

32
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A point-to-point connection between the SATA device- HARD DISK, CS-ROM, CD-RW DVD-ROM, DVD-RW, BD-R, BD-RE, and so forth and the SATA controller

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HBA

33
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Extends the SATA bus to external devices.

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ESATA

34
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Each circle on a hard disk where you store data on the drive

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Track

35
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This new set of BIOS commands allows a system to handle drives up to 137 GB

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INT 13

36
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Each platter on a hard disk requires two of these to read/write and store data on the disk

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Heads

37
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Also referred to as parallel ATA and send data in parallel, on 40 or 80 wired data cables

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PATA

38
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Using multiple drives for data protection and increasing speeds

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RAID

39
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This is the name used to describe the casing of external hard drives

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External Enclosure

40
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The first ATA drives used this to connect to the computer by plugging into the drive and into a hard drive controller

A

40-Pin Ribbon Cable

41
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This technology has replaced parallel ATA. It sends data in serial, using only one wire for data transfers

A

SATA

42
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This type of cable uses additional wires that acts as grounds to improve the cable’s capability to handle high speed signals

A

80- wire Cable

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