Let a disk pack has 32 surfaces having 1 track per surface, 16 sector per track and 512 bytes per sector. Disk is rotating at 3600 RPM, what is the data transfer in KB/s if 1 R/W head is available over 32 surfaces?

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Let a disk pack has 32 surfaces having 1 track
per surface, 16 sector per track and 512 bytes
per sector. Disk is rotating at 3600 RPM, what is
the data transfer in KB/s if 1 R/W head is
available over 32 surfaces?
Transcribed Image Text:Let a disk pack has 32 surfaces having 1 track per surface, 16 sector per track and 512 bytes per sector. Disk is rotating at 3600 RPM, what is the data transfer in KB/s if 1 R/W head is available over 32 surfaces?
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