Section 67 Focuses on Transactional Processing as an Example of a a Disk

question 9

Essay

Section 6.7 focuses on transactional processing as an example of a disk IO intensive application. Give another example of a disk IO intensive application compare and contrast the performance requirements and consider how different disk implementations (magnetic media, flash memory, or MEMS device) can be more or less appropriate for different applications.

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