Q. Consider a disk pack with 16 surfaces, 128 tracks per surface and 256…

2006

Q. Consider a disk pack with 16 surfaces, 128 tracks per surface and 256 sectors per track. 512 bytes of data are stored in a bit serial manner in a sector. The capacity of the disk pack and the number of bits required to specify a particular sector in the disk are respectively

  1. A.

    256 Mbyte, 19 bits

  2. B.

    256 Mbyte, 28 bits

  3. C.

    512 Mbyte, 20 bits

  4. D.

    64 Gbyte, 28 bit

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Correct answer: A

256 Mbyte, 19 bits

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