Question: The hard disk from Exercise 1 above has the average seek time of 7 milliseconds [ms]. The disk revolves with the speed of 10,200 revolutions

The hard disk from Exercise 1 above has the average seek time of 7 milliseconds [ms]. The disk revolves with the speed of 10,200 revolutions per minute.

  1. Compute the average rotational delay (latency time).

  1. Compute the transfer time for 800 sectors.

  1. Compute the total disk access time which is the sum of the three times: the average seek time, the average rotational delay (latency time), and the transfer time for 800 sectors.

You must show your calculations. Express all the times in milliseconds [ms].

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