07 External Memory - MetaLab

Continue…• Fig. 6.3 (a) –CAV• The disk is divided into a number of pie-shapedsectors and into a series of concentric tracks.• Advantage of CAV:▫ The individual blocks of data can be directlyaddressed by tracks and sectors.• Disadvantage of CAV:▫ The amount of data that can be stored on the longouter tracks is the only same as what can be storedon the short inner tracks.