Definition: Mechanical Latencies


Include both seek time and rotational latency. Mechanical latencies are the main hindrance to higher performance in hard drives. The time delays of mechanical latencies are one hundred times higher than electronic (non-mechanical) latencies associated with the transferring of data. See also Seek Time, Rotational Latency.




DID YOU KNOW?  DATA RECOVERY FACTS AND TERMINOLOGY:

Data Recovery Fact

Bit density

Expressed as bits per inch (BPI), the number of bits that can be written onto one inch of track on a disk surface.

Please visit our Data Recovery Knowledgebase for more facts and terminology.