Task 2: Suppose that a magnetic disk drive has the following characteristics: Rotational speed = 1000 RPM %3D HTH switching time = 2 ms %3D Average 11I seek time = 2 ms %3D 5 platters, 2028 tracks per platter side recorded on both sides, 40 sectors per track on all tracks. Sector size = 512. The Questions are the following: What is the drive's storage capacity? How long it will take to read the drive's entire contents sequentially?

Task 2: Suppose that a magnetic disk drive has the following characteristics: Rotational speed = 1000 RPM %3D HTH switching time = 2 ms %3D Average 11I seek time = 2 ms %3D 5 platters, 2028 tracks per platter side recorded on both sides, 40 sectors per track on all tracks. Sector size = 512. The Questions are the following: What is the drive's storage capacity? How long it will take to read the drive's entire contents sequentially?

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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