Suppose that we have a hard drive with the following characteristics. It has 10,000 cylinders, 10 tracks per cylinder, 60 sectors per track, and 500 bytes per sector. The hard drive spins at 7200 rpm (rotations per minute) and has an average seek time of 10 ms. Which of the following combination is the right capacity and rotational latency of the hard drive?
A. 2 GB and 3.17 ms
B. 3 GB and 4.17 ms
C. 4 GB and 5.17 ms
D. 1 GB and 2.17 ms
Answer:B
Suppose that we have a hard drive with the following characteristics. It has 10,000 cylinders, 10 tracks per cylinder, 60 sectors per track, and 500 bytes per sector. The hard drive spins at 7200 rpm (rotations per minute) and has an average seek time of 10 ms. Which of the following combination is the right capacity and rotational latency of the hard drive?
A. 2 GB and 3.17 ms B. 3 GB and 4.17 ms C. 4 GB and 5.17 ms D. 1 GB and 2.17 ms