How can disk drives be made faster (i.e., what options are available to the manufacturer)?
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With difficulty – if at all! We can increase capacity by reducing the size of domains, the size of the read/write head, and the surface to head air?gap. To increase speed, we have to increase both the rotational speed of the disk and the track?to?track stepping speed of the arm. That is difficult. Increasing disk speeds above the current maximum of 15,000 rpm requires a lot of energy (energy increases with the square of the disk’s speed). Similarly, it is unlikely that the speed of head assemblies can be much increased. Multiple arms could be used to reduce access time by performing a parallel access. The future of fast storage lies in semiconductor storage.
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An authoritative server for a domain holds a partial copy of a zone's resource records.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
A(n) ____________ allows many users to share the same set of files on a common, shared disk drive.
a. print server b. database server c. file server d. piconet server e. remote access server
To find the appropriate leaf node, we follow the path from the root, going left when the new data's key is greater than a node's key and right otherwise.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)