Question

Differentiate seek time and access time .​

Answer 1

Answer:

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Seek time is the time taken for a hard disk controller to locate a specific piece of stored data. Other delays include transfer time (data rate) and rotational delay (latency). When anything is read or written to a disc drive, the read/write head of the disc needs to move to the right position.

$\huge\colorbox{pink}{Access Time: }$

Access time is total time it takes a computer to request data, and then that request to be met. A good analogy is the time between you ordering a pizza and it being delivered. Access time pertains to devices such as memory, hard drive, CD-ROM or other mechanisms.

Answer 2

Answer:

Access time is the amount of time it takes for a hard drive or any mechanical drive to search and locate the data you plan to open, copy, move etc. ... Its easy to see the Access time takes far longer than the seek time. Diagnostic software can be used to check average seek and access times.

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