Question 16872 – GATE 2023

February 5, 2024

Question 11669 – File system-I/O-protection

February 5, 2024

Question 16872 – GATE 2023

February 5, 2024

Question 11669 – File system-I/O-protection

February 5, 2024

Disk-scheduling

Question 1

The head of a moving head disk with 100 tracks numbered 0 to 99 is currently serving a request at tract 55. If the queue of requests kept in FIFO order is

  10, 70, 75, 23, 65 

Which of the two disk scheduling algorithms FCFS (First Come First Served) and SSTF (Shortest Seek Time First) will require less head movement? Find the head movement for each of the algorithms.

A
Theory Explanation.
Correct Answer: A

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