Question: II . Consider a disk shown with a sector size of 1 0 2 4 bytes, 1 , 0 0 0 tracks per surface, 9
II Consider a disk shown with a sector size of bytes, tracks per surface, sectors per track, singlesided platters and a block size of bytes. Suppose that a file containing records of bytes each is to be stored on such a disk and that no record is allowed to span two blocks.
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a How many records fit onto a single track?
b How many sectors are required to store the entire file? If the file is arranged sequentially contiguously according to the 'next block concept' on disk, how many cylinders are needed?
c How many records of bytes each can be stored using this disk?
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