miércoles, 19 de septiembre de 2012

fixed heads + moving heads and access time.


Access time.


The read/ write head of a hard disk needs to reach the correct track. On average it takes half a rotation to find the correct byte.

Time for head movement to track + time for half a rotation.
Fixed head + moving head.

Fixed head hard drives have a number of permanently stations heads that don´t move. No time is needed to reach the track; this makes access time much faster.

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