DEC-RA60-205MB-RemovableMediaDiskDrive

The RA60 is a 205-Mbyte removable-media disk drive designed to offer the convenience of removable media with the performance and dependability typically associated with fixed Winchester disk drives.

Key features and innovations include:

• High Capacity & Density: Achieves 205 Mbytes through a unique embedded servo and advanced recording codes, allowing for high areal density in a compact form factor.
• Digital Storage Architecture (DSA): Fully implements DSA and uses the Standard Disk Interconnect (SDI), ensuring integration with other Digital storage solutions and providing advanced data integrity, availability, and maintainability features.
• Performance: Optimizes seek and rotational latency with intelligent controller algorithms, performing comparably to Winchesters.
• Reliability & Maintenance: Features a highly stable head design, robust ECC for data integrity, radial connection for improved subsystem availability, and minimal maintenance needs (e.g., annual air filter change). Packs written on one RA60 are fully interchangeable with others.
• Efficiency: Designed for cost-effectiveness, space efficiency, and low total cost of ownership, with modular, field-replaceable units (FRUs) for quick repairs.

The RA60 aims to set a new standard for removable-media disk drives by combining high performance, capacity, and reliability with the flexibility and security of removable storage.