Transfer size is 8K bytes, Advertised average seek is 6 ms, Disk spins at 3600 RPM, Transfer rate is 2 MB/sec and Controller overhead is 2 ms. What is the average disk access time for a sector?

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Parallel and Distributed Storage

A parallel storage file system is a sort of clustered file system. A clustered file system is a storage system shared by multiple devices simultaneously.