elevator seek — or elevator sort A logical way of organizing many requests for data from a storage device, especially a jukebox, in order to speed up processing … IT glossary of terms, acronyms and abbreviations
Elevator algorithm — The elevator algorithm (also SCAN) is a disk scheduling algorithm to determine the motion of the disk s arm and head in servicing read and write requests.This algorithm is named after the behavior of a building elevator, where the elevator… … Wikipedia
elevator seeking — A technique that allows the server hard disk head to access files in the direction that the head is already traveling across the disk, rather than in the order in which they were requested. This feature allows the drive heads to operate… … Dictionary of networking
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Shortest seek first — is a disk scheduling algorithm to determine the motion of the disk s arm and head in servicing read and write requests. Description This is a direct improvement upon a first come first served (FIFO) algorithm. The drive maintains an incoming… … Wikipedia
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