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06 - External Memory

The document discusses different types of external storage media including magnetic disks, optical disks, and magnetic tape. It focuses on magnetic disks, describing their construction using a magnetized material coated substrate, and developments over time including the switch to glass substrates. Read and write mechanisms for magnetic disks are explained, involving magnetic fields from a head and data organization including tracks, sectors, and formatting. Disk velocity considerations and methods for addressing tracks and sectors are also summarized.

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06 - External Memory

The document discusses different types of external storage media including magnetic disks, optical disks, and magnetic tape. It focuses on magnetic disks, describing their construction using a magnetized material coated substrate, and developments over time including the switch to glass substrates. Read and write mechanisms for magnetic disks are explained, involving magnetic fields from a head and data organization including tracks, sectors, and formatting. Disk velocity considerations and methods for addressing tracks and sectors are also summarized.

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Chapter 6

External storage
Types of External Memory
• Magnetic Disk
—RAID
—Removable
• Optical
—CD-ROM
—CD-Recordable (CD-R)
—CD-R/W
—DVD
• Magnetic Tape
Magnetic Disk
• Disk substrate coated with magnetizable
material (iron oxide…rust)
• Substrate used to be aluminium
• Now glass
—Improved surface uniformity
– Increases reliability
—Reduction in surface defects
– Reduced read/write errors
—Lower flight heights (See later)
—Better stiffness
—Better shock/damage resistance
Read and Write Mechanisms
• Recording & retrieval via conductive coil called a head
• May be single read/write head or separate ones
• During read/write, head is stationary, platter rotates
• Write
— Current through coil produces magnetic field
— Pulses sent to head
— Magnetic pattern recorded on surface below
• Read (traditional)
— Magnetic field moving relative to coil produces current
— Coil is the same for read and write
• Read (contemporary)
— Separate read head, close to write head
— Partially shielded magneto resistive (MR) sensor
— Electrical resistance depends on direction of magnetic field
— High frequency operation
– Higher storage density and speed
Inductive Write MR Read
Data Organization and Formatting
• Concentric rings or tracks
—Gaps between tracks
—Reduce gap to increase capacity
—Same number of bits per track (variable
packing density)
—Constant angular velocity
• Tracks divided into sectors
• Minimum block size is one sector
• May have more than one sector per block
UET Batch Viva-Voce Examination
Projects Defense
• Viva of UET Batch 2012-16 is Going to held
on 7-9 December 2016
• A UET Examination Team will take Viva Exam
• Be formal, Dress coat & tie mandatory
• Prepare PPT Presentation for each group
• Try to wind-up presentation in 20 minutes
• Do not Stretch the time to present
• All group members should take part in Presentation
• Bring Tape Binding Project reports (Signed by
Supervisor)
• Keep in contact with your supervisors for final
instructions
Best of Luck
Disk Data Layout
Disk Velocity
• Bit near centre of rotating disk passes fixed point
slower than bit on outside of disk
• Increase spacing between bits in different tracks
• Rotate disk at constant angular velocity (CAV)
— Gives pie shaped sectors and concentric tracks
— Individual tracks and sectors addressable
— Move head to given track and wait for given sector
— Waste of space on outer tracks
– Lower data density
• Can use zones to increase capacity
— Each zone has fixed bits per track
— More complex circuitry
Disk Layout Methods Diagram
Finding Sectors
• Must be able to identify start of track and
sector
• Format disk
—Additional information not available to user
—Marks tracks and sectors
Winchester Disk Format
Seagate ST506
Characteristics
• Fixed (rare) or movable head
• Removable or fixed
• Single or double (usually) sided
• Single or multiple platter
• Head mechanism
—Contact (Floppy)
—Fixed gap
—Flying (Winchester)
Fixed/Movable Head Disk
• Fixed head
—One read write head per track
—Heads mounted on fixed ridged arm
• Movable head
—One read write head per side
—Mounted on a movable arm
Removable or Not
• Removable disk
—Can be removed from drive and replaced with
another disk
—Provides unlimited storage capacity
—Easy data transfer between systems
• Nonremovable disk
—Permanently mounted in the drive
Multiple Platter
• One head per side
• Heads are joined and aligned
• Aligned tracks on each platter form
cylinders
• Data is striped by cylinder
—reduces head movement
—Increases speed (transfer rate)
Multiple Platters
Tracks and Cylinders
Floppy Disk
• 8”, 5.25”, 3.5”
• Small capacity
—Up to 1.44Mbyte (2.88M never popular)
• Slow
• Universal
• Cheap
• Obsolete?
Winchester Hard Disk (1)
• Developed by IBM in Winchester (USA)
• Sealed unit
• One or more platters (disks)
• Heads fly on boundary layer of air as disk
spins
• Very small head to disk gap
• Getting more robust
CD-ROM for & against
• Large capacity (?)
• Easy to mass produce
• Removable
• Robust

• Expensive for small runs


• Slow
• Read only

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