1. Consider a disk with a sector size of 1024 bytes, 500 tracks per surface, 100 sectors per track, 6
single-sided platters and a block size of 4096 bytes. Suppose that a file containing 1,000,000
records of 200 bytes each is to be stored on such a disk and that no record is allowed to span two
blocks.
a) How many records fit onto a block?
b) How many blocks are required to store the entire file? If the file is arranged sequentially
(contiguously- according to the 'next block concept') on disk, how many cylinders are
needed?
c) How many records of 200 bytes each can be stored using this disk?