Question: (b) [10 pts] Suppose we have a magnetic disk (resembling an IBM Microdrive) with the following parameters: Average seek time Rotation rate 12 ms
(b) [10 pts] Suppose we have a magnetic disk (resembling an IBM Microdrive) with the following parameters: Average seek time Rotation rate 12 ms 3600 RPM Transfer rate 3.5 MB/second #sectors per track 64 Sector size 512 bytes Controller overhead 5.5 ms a. [5pts] What is the average time to read a single sector? b. [5pts] What is the average time to read 8 KB in 16 consecutive sectors in the same cylinder?
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