0 votes 0 votes consider a disk having 10 platters with 2 recording surfaces each surface contains 80 tracks and each track contains 400 sectors with 1 sector capacity of 4KB.The capacity of 1 cylinder is ____? i was getting 400*4 KB = 1600 KB am i wrong ? Gate Fever asked Jan 21, 2019 Gate Fever 502 views answer comment Share Follow See all 6 Comments See all 6 6 Comments reply newdreamz a1-z0 commented Jan 21, 2019 reply Follow Share 1 cylinder contains 1 track from each surface 10*2*400*4KB will be the capacity of 1 cylinder 0 votes 0 votes akash.dinkar12 commented Jan 21, 2019 reply Follow Share yes exactly 32000 KB will be capacity of 1 cylinder 0 votes 0 votes Gate Fever commented Jan 21, 2019 reply Follow Share @newdreamz a1-z0 track capacity and cylinder capacity are different?? 0 votes 0 votes newdreamz a1-z0 commented Jan 21, 2019 reply Follow Share track capacity and cylinder capacity are same only in case if you have 1 platter 1 recording surface only. 0 votes 0 votes Gate Fever commented Jan 21, 2019 reply Follow Share thanks 0 votes 0 votes TUSHAR_BHATT commented Dec 3, 2019 reply Follow Share shouldn't we multiply by 80 also ? 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.