Chapter 11 Summary

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I/O MANAGEMENT AND DISK SCHEDULING

Summarize key categories of I/O devices on computers.

Discuss the organization of the I/O function.

Explain some of the key issues in the design of OS support for I/O.

Analyze the performance implications of various I/O buffering alternatives.

Understand the performance issues involved in magnetic disk access.

Explain the concept of RAID and describe the various levels.

Understand the performance implications of disk cache.