Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Reading a File

Best and random cases of the time an HDD will take to read over a file. Assumes both block size and sector size are the same

Inputs

HDD Properties

Rotational Rate

\(RPM\)

Average Seek Time \((T_{avg seek})\)

\(ms\)

Average number of sectors/tracks

File to Be Read

File Size

\(MiB\)

Block Size

\(byte\)