Practice Average Seek Time (31.4.2) - Disk Characteristics - Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 3
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Question 1 Easy

What is seek time?

💡 Hint: Think about the movement of the read/write head.

Question 2 Easy

What does rotational delay refer to?

💡 Hint: Consider the spinning motion of disks.

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Question 1

What is the average seek time?

Time it takes for the disk to rotate.
Time taken for the read/write head to move to the correct track.
Time it takes to initialize the disk.

💡 Hint: Focus on the movement rather than the disk's rotation.

Question 2

True or False: The bit density is the same across all tracks.

True
False

💡 Hint: Remember how data storage works on a disk.

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Challenge 1 Hard

If a disk has 10 tracks and each track has 50 sectors, what is the maximum number of sectors available on the disk?

💡 Hint: Consider how to multiply the number of tracks by the number of sectors.

Challenge 2 Hard

Explain how the introduction of zone bit density would affect both performance and complexity of a hard disk.

💡 Hint: Think about balancing efficiency and design intricacies.

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