Hitachi America Ltd. DK23CA20 hard drive specifications

Hitachi DK23CA Series 20 GB

Firmly established as one of Europe's leading suppliers of 2.5-inch hard disk drives for notebook computers, Hitachi offers a full range of high-performance drives for notebook assemblers and integrators. The drives in the new twelfth generation DK23CA family feature Hitachi's high-performance Giant Magneto Resistive (GMR) heads and MEEPRML signal processing technology supporting hign areal recording density. They also incorporate load/unload technology, which was first introduced in the ninth generation, DK209 family, enabling Hitachi to increase the non-operating shock specification of the drives to 800 G. High performance disk drives for advanced users.

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Manufacturer
Hitachi America Ltd.

HDD Part Number
DK23CA20


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General

Device Type
Hard drive - Internal hard drive

Width
2.8 in

Depth
3.9 in

Height
0.4 in

Weight
3.4 oz

Hard Drive

Form Factor

Capacity
20 GB

Interface Type
ATA-100

Buffer Size
2 MB

Compliant Standards
S.M.A.R.T.

Performance

Drive Transfer Rate
100 MBps

Internal Data Rate
30.2 MBps

Seek Time
12 ms (average) / 24 ms (max)

Track-to-Track Seek Time
3 ms

Average Latency
7.1 ms

Spindle Speed
4200 rpm

Reliability

Mean time before failure
300,000 hour(s)

Storage Hard Drive / Non-Recoverable Errors
1 per 10^13

Storage Controller

Type
None

Expansion / Connectivity

Interfaces
None

Connections
1 x Storage - ATA-100 - 44 pin IDC

Compatible Bays
1 x Internal - 2.5" Ultra Slim Line

Compatible Slots
x None

Miscellaneous

Mounting Kit
Included

Compliant Standards
Plug and Play

Power

Power Device
None

Environmental Parameters

Min Operating Temperature
41 �F

Max Operating Temperature
131 �F

Humidity Range Operating
5 - 90%

Shock Tolerance
180 g @ 2ms half-sine pulse (operating) / 800 g @ 2ms half-sine pulse (non-operating)

Vibration Tolerance
1 g @ 22-500 Hz (operating) / 5 g @ 22-500 Hz (non-operating)


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