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Disk geometry and capacity

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2009 Spring · Morning · Q23

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Q23. There is a hard disk drive that has the following specifications. [Specifications] Capacity: 512 GBytes Number of cylinders: 1024 Number of platters: 5 (10 surfaces) Number of heads: 2 per platter How many bytes can be stored in one track of this hard disk drive? Here, each track has the same capacity. 1 GByte is 10⁹ bytes, and 1 Mbyte is 10⁶ bytes.

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Source: Technology-01.pdf, PDF page 306. ID: HIST-TECH01-2009S-Q023. Explanation written for this textbook.

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Q23. There is a hard disk drive that has the following specifications. [Specifications] Capacity: 512 GBytes Number of cylinders: 1024 Number of platters: 5 (10 surfaces) Number of heads: 2 per platter How many bytes can be stored in one track of this hard disk drive? Here, each track has the same capacity. 1 GByte is 10⁹ bytes, and 1 Mbyte is 10⁶ bytes.

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