Disk scheduling disciplines that are not fair generally have a larger variance of response times than FCFS.Why is this true?
What will be an ideal response?
Arbitrary numbers of arriving requests may get ahead of waiting requests, possibly
causing indefinite postponement, but certainly promoting a larger variance.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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