Patent ID: 7113358

Claim:
A electronic storage device comprising: a memory; a plurality of media surfaces, at least one of said plurality of media surfaces having a different data track pitch then at least one other of said plurality of media surfaces; and a processor, the processor configured to execute computer code located in said memory, the computer code comprising: computer code for configuring a plurality of groups, each group having a group size of an integral number of servo tracks for the plurality of media surfaces; computer code for configuring an integral number of data tracks associated with the integral number of servo tracks for each of the plurality of media surfaces, wherein the integral number of data tracks associated with the integral number of servo tracks for one of the plurality of media surfaces differs from the integral number of data tracks associated with the integral number of servo tracks for at least one other media surface; and computer code for performing at least one of a read operation and a write operation on consecutive data tracks associated with a first group on at least two of the plurality of media surfaces associated with a first group.