A disk has 8 equidistant tracks. The diameters of the innermost and outermost…

2005

A disk has 8 equidistant tracks. The diameters of the innermost and outermost tracks are 1 cm and 8 cm respectively. The innermost track has a storage capacity of 10 MB. What is the total amount of data that can be stored on the disk if it is used with a drive that rotates it with (i) Constant Linear Velocity (ii) Constant Angular Velocity?  

  1. A.

    (i) 80 MB (ii) 2040 MB

  2. B.

    (i) 2040 MB (ii) 80 MB

  3. C.

    (i) 80 MB (ii) 360 MB

  4. D.

    (i) 360 MB (ii) 80 MB

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