a.List the key information stored in Data Dictionary. b Consider a hard drive where time to transfer one block is 4 msec and time for one seek operation is 0.1 msec. Now, if each block size is 4 KB, then how much time is required to read 32 KB data from the disk (stored in two separate parts of the disks)?

a.List the key information stored in Data Dictionary. b Consider a hard drive where time to transfer one block is 4 msec and time for one seek operation is 0.1 msec. Now, if each block size is 4 KB, then how much time is required to read 32 KB data from the disk (stored in two separate parts of the disks)?

Systems Architecture

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ISBN:9781305080195

Author:Stephen D. Burd

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Chapter5: Data Storage Technology

Section: Chapter Questions

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