Patent ID: 8499611

Claim:
A disk drive emulator for testing a test slot of a disk drive testing system, the disk drive emulator comprising: an emulator body for insertion into the test slot; an interface connecter disposed on the emulator body, wherein the interface connector is for providing a mechanical connection point between the emulator body and the test slot when the emulator body is inserted into the test slot; and at least two vibration sensors disposed on the emulator body for measuring vibrations imparted by the disk drive testing system to the emulator body, wherein the at least two vibration sensors are disposed on the emulator body equidistantly from a center of gravity of the emulator body; wherein the emulator body comprises a material having a tensile modulus of at least 40×10 6 Psi; and wherein the disk drive emulator is configured to emulate a disk drive inserted into the test slot during testing of the test slot.