Template:Infobox Disk drive

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This template is for disk drives, its usage is as below, containing the listed optional (other than the 'name') arguments:

{{Infobox Disk drive 
| name                =  name of drive
| image               =  name of wiki image of drive
| imgwidth            =  size of image (default 250px)
| caption             =
| manufacturer        =    
| year introduced     = 
| year discontinued   = 
| controller          =  drive controller(s) and their host
| interface
| capacity            =
| transfer rate       =  in an appropriate unit (megabits/sec, etc)
| throughput          =  in I/Os per second
| minimum access time =
| average access time =
| maximum access time =
| rpm                 =  
| revolution time     =  for 1/2 revolution (average rotational delay)
| one track seek      =
| average seek        =
| maximum seek        =
| head switch         =
| media               =  type of media drive uses
| surfaces            =
| number of heads     =
| tracks              =  tracks per surface
| sectors             =  per track
| words per sector    =
| bytes per sector    =
| tracks per inch     = 
| density             = in bits per inch
| recording method    = mfm, etc. etc.
| start time          =
| stop time           =
| physical size       =
| weight              =
| power consumption   =
}}