2. Suppose that the hard disk on your personal computer rotates at 3000 revolutions a minute, that each track contains 16 sectors, and that each sector contains 1024 bytes. Approximately what communication rate is required between the disk drive and the disk controller if the controller is going to receive bits from the disk drive as they are read from the spin- ning disk? 3. Estimate how long it would take to transfer a 300-page novel encoded in Unicode at a transfer rate of 54 Mbps.

2. Suppose that the hard disk on your personal computer rotates at 3000 revolutions a minute, that each track contains 16 sectors, and that each sector contains 1024 bytes. Approximately what communication rate is required between the disk drive and the disk controller if the controller is going to receive bits from the disk drive as they are read from the spin- ning disk? 3. Estimate how long it would take to transfer a 300-page novel encoded in Unicode at a transfer rate of 54 Mbps.

Systems Architecture

7th Edition

ISBN:9781305080195

Author:Stephen D. Burd

Publisher:Stephen D. Burd

Chapter5: Data Storage Technology

Section: Chapter Questions

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