Intel X25-V SATA Solid-State Drive Product Line Product Manual

Intel
®
X25-V SATA Solid State Drive
January 2010 Advanced Product Manual
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Intel
®
X25-V SATA SSD
Device Initiated Link Power
Management (DIPM)
The ability of the device to request SATA link power state changes.
DIPM Device Initiated Power Management (SATA hard disk drive)
DMA Direct Memory Access
DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
EXT Extended
FP First Party
GB
Giga-byte defined as 1x10
9
bytes. The total usable capacity of the Intel SSD may be less
than the total physical capacity of the Intel SSD. This is due to the fact that a small portion
of the Intel SSD capacity is used for NAND flash management and maintenance purposes.
HCI Host Controller Interface
HCT Hardware Compatibility Test
HDD Hard Disk Drive
Host Initiated Link Power
Management
The ability of the host to request SATA link power state changes.
Hot Plug
A term used to describe the removal or insertion of a SATA hard drive when the system is
powered on.
IDEMA International Disk Drive Equipment and Materials Association
IOPS Input/output Operations Per Second
IMSM Intel Matrix Storage Manager
LBA Logical Block Address
LPM
Link Power Management: the ability of the SATA link layer to enter one of two lower power
consuming states, partial and slumber
MB Mega-bytes defined as 1x10
6
bytes
MP Multi-Processor
MTBF Mean time between failure
Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
The ability of the SATA hard drive to re-order commands in order to maximize the
efficiency of gathering data from the platters.
NOP No Operation
NTFS NT File System
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
OS Operating System
PIO Programmed Input/Output
Port The point at which a SATA drive physically connects to the SATA controller.
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RMS Root Mean Squared
RPM Revolutions Per Minute
RTM Release To Manufacture
SATA Serial ATA
SFF Small Form Factor
S.M.A.R.T.
Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology: an open standard for developing hard
drives and software systems that automatically monitors a hard drive’s health and reports
potential problems.
SSD Solid State Drive
Table 17. Glossary of Terms and Acronyms (Continued)
Term Definition