An exact analysis on expected seeks in shadowed disks

Information Processing Letters

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 323-329

  Vakali, Athena ^a   Manolopoulos, Yannis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Performance evaluation; Replicated disk; Seek distance; Seek time; Shadowed disk systems; Single headed disks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008539048     PISSN: 00200190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-0190(97)00030-6     Document Type: Article

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