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Using a larger block size in a fixed block size file system leads to :
(A) better disk throughput but poorer disk space utilization
(B) better disk throughput and better disk space utilization
(C) poorer disk throughput but better disk space utilization
(D) poorer disk throughput and poorer disk space utilization


Answer: (A)

Explanation: Using larger block size makes disk utilization poorer as more space would be wasted for small data in a block. It may make throughput better as the number of blocks would decrease.

A larger block size guarantees that more data from a single file can be written or read at a time into a single block without having to move the disk ́s head to another spot on the disk. The less time you spend moving your heads across the disk, the more continuous reads/writes per second. The smaller the block size, the more frequent it is required to move before a read/write can occur. Larger block size means less number of blocks to fetch and hence better throughput. But larger block size also means space is wasted when only small size is required and hence poor utilization.

This solution is contributed by Nitika Bansal

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Last Updated : 28 Jun, 2021
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