One way to use contiguous allocation of the disk and not suffer from holes is to compact

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One way to use contiguous allocation of the disk and not suffer from holes is to compact the disk every time a file is removed. Since all files are contiguous, copying a file requires a seek and rotational delay to read the file, followed by the transfer at full speed. Writing the file back requires the same work. Assuming a seek time of 5 msec, a rotational delay of 4 msec, a transfer rate of 80 MB/sec, and an average file size of 8 KB, how long does it take to read a file into main memory and then write it back to the disk at a new location? Using these numbers, how long would it take to compact half of a 16-GB disk?
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Modern Operating Systems

ISBN: 978-0133591620

4th edition

Authors: Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Herbert Bos

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