Certain file system uses 4-kb disk blocks. the median file size is 1 kb. if all files were exactly 1 kb, what fraction of the disk space would be wasted? do you think the wastage for a real file system will be higher than this number or lower than it? explain your answer

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Samson Hutchinson

Mathematics

17 April, 02:15

Certain file system uses 4-kb disk blocks. the median file size is 1 kb. if all files were exactly 1 kb, what fraction of the disk space would be wasted? do you think the wastage for a real file system will be higher than this number or lower than it? explain your answer

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Marshall Cain · Answer 1

A 1kb file to put inside a 4kb file of a disk would waste valuable space. Because you are technically just placing four more files inside the disk. It is very limited and can be waste of consumption inside the disk.