Suppose that a magnetic dick drive has the following characteristics:   Rotational speed = 20000 RPM HTH switching time = 3 ms Average TTT seek time = 3 ms 6 platters, 1024 tracks per platter side recorded on both sides, 60 sectors per track on all tracks. Sector size = 512. The Questions are as following: What is the drive’s storage capacity? How long it will take to read the drive’s entire contents sequentially

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Suppose that a magnetic dick drive has the following characteristics:

 

  • Rotational speed = 20000 RPM
  • HTH switching time = 3 ms
  • Average TTT seek time = 3 ms
  • 6 platters, 1024 tracks per platter side recorded on both sides, 60 sectors per track on all tracks.
  • Sector size = 512.

The Questions are as following:

  1. What is the drive’s storage capacity?

How long it will take to read the drive’s entire contents sequentially?

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