Homework P&H Ch. 5 and 6
Answer the following questions about Patterson and Hennessy, Chapters 5
and 6.
You only need to turn in those that have a point count assigned.
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(1 point)
What is a compulsory miss?
What is a capacity miss?
What is a conflict miss?
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(1 point)
What algebraic relationship holds between
mean time to failure (MTTF),
mean time to repair (MTTR), and
mean time between failures (MTBF)?
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(1 point)
How is availability defined in term of MTTF, MTTR, and MTBF?
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(1 point)
What is rotational latency?
What is seek time?
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(1 point)
What two general techniques are used in RAID?
What is the benefit of each?