摘要:
In accordance with the present invention a storage device servo control system that positions a head relative to multiple tracks of a storage medium includes a servo signal filter that receives a readback signal from the head and produces filtered servo signal data samples, a servo demodulator that receives the filtered readback servo signal from the servo signal filter and produces a position error signal that indicates the head position relative to a track using a demodulation scheme selected in accordance with a track width profile of the storage device, and includes a servo controller that determines the demodulation scheme to be used by the servo demodulator and that processes the position error signal to maintain the head centered relative to the track.
摘要:
A multi-track density direct access storage device is disclosed. In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a direct access storage device for data storage within a data processing system comprises a housing, a rotatable spindle, at least one disk, and several heads. The disk is fixedly mounted to the rotatable spindle, and the rotatable spindle is rotated by a motor within the housing. A first disk surface of the disk has a first track density and a second disk surface of the disk has a second track density; wherein the second track density is preferably greater than the first track density. Each of the several heads contains a transducer to read and write information from and to the disk during the disk rotation. Under this configuration, the lower storage density first disk surface is utilized to store data that are frequently accessed while the higher storage density second disk surface is for storage capacity supplementation such that the total data storage capacity of the direct access storage device can be increased without degrading the data-accessing performance.
摘要:
A multi-track density direct access storage device is disclosed. In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a direct access storage device for data storage within a data processing system comprises a housing, a rotatable spindle, at least one disk, and several heads. The disk is fixedly mounted to the rotatable spindle, and the rotatable spindle is rotated by a motor within the housing. A first disk surface of the disk has a first track density and a second disk surface of the disk has a second track density; wherein the second track density is preferably greater than the first track density. Each of the several heads contains a transducer to read and write information from and to the disk during the disk rotation. Under this configuration, the lower storage density it first disk surface is utilized to store data that are frequently accessed while the higher storage density second disk surface is for storage capacity supplementation such that the total data storage capacity of the direct access storage device can be increased without degrading the data-accessing performance.