The Essentials Of Computer Organization And Architecture 4th Edition by Linda Null,Julia Lobur

تمرين 11

Suppose a disk drive has the following characteristics:
• 5 surfaces
• 1,024 tracks per surface
• 256 sectors per track
• 512 bytes/sector
• Track-to-track seek time of 8ms
• Rotational speed of 7,500 rpm
a) What is the capacity of the drive?
b) What is the access time?
c) Is this disk faster than the one described in exercise 28? Explain.