Assume a drive has been engineered so that the max transfer rate is exactly the max rate at which the data passes under the heads when reading sequentially. If this drive has the following specifications, what’s the max transfer rate (in MB/s)? (show your work--I need to be able to figure out how YOU figured it out) • Capacity: 10TB • Platters: 7 (double sided) • RPM: 5400 • Tracks/platter side: 1024???

Assume a drive has been engineered so that the max transfer rate is exactly the max rate at which the data passes under the heads when reading sequentially. If this drive has the following specifications, what’s the max transfer rate (in MB/s)? (show your work--I need to be able to figure out how YOU figured it out) • Capacity: 10TB • Platters: 7 (double sided) • RPM: 5400 • Tracks/platter side: 1024???

Systems Architecture

7th Edition

ISBN:9781305080195

Author:Stephen D. Burd

Publisher:Stephen D. Burd

Chapter5: Data Storage Technology

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1PE

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