Answer 17/18 - COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE

17. The disk illustrated in Fig. 2-19 has 1024 sectors/track and a rotation rate of 7200 RPM. What is the sustained transfer rate of the disk over one track?

Intersector gap Direction of disk Preamble 1 sector rotati 4096 data bits 4096 data Read/write head bits Width of 1 bit is 0.1 to 0.2 microns Disk arm Track width is 1-2 microns Figure 2-19. A portion of a disk track. Two sectors are illustrated