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

Edition 4ISBN: 978-1284074482
book The Essentials Of Computer Organization And Architecture 4th Edition by Linda Null,Julia Lobur cover

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

Edition 4ISBN: 978-1284074482
Exercise 36
Suppose a disk drive has the following characteristics:
• 6 surfaces
• 953 tracks per surface
• 256 sectors per track
• 512 bytes/sector
• Track-to-track seek time of 6.5ms
• Rotational speed of 5,400 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 30? Explain.
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