GATE CS 2024 Set 1 — Question 54

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Consider a 512 GB hard disk with 32 storage surfaces. There are 4096 sectors per track and each sector holds 1024 bytes of data. The number of cylinders in the hard disk is_________

\text{Total Capacity} = \text{Number of Cylinders} \times \text{Number of Surfaces} \times \text{Sectors per Track} \times \text{Bytes per Sector}

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\text{Total Capacity} = \text{Number of Cylinders} \times \text{Number of Surfaces} \times \text{Sectors per Track} \times \text{Bytes per Sector}

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