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 continues to travel in its current direction (up or down) until empty, stopping only to let individuals off or to pick up new individuals heading in the same direction.

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enThe 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 continues to travel in its current direction (up or down) until empty, stopping only to let individuals off or to pick up new individuals heading in the same direction.
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enThe 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 continues to travel in its current direction (up or down) until empty, stopping only to let individuals off or to pick up new individuals heading in the same direction. From an implementation perspective, the drive maintains a buffer of pending read/write requests, along with the associated cylinder number of the request, in which lower cylinder numbers generally indicate that the cylinder is closer to the spindle, and higher numbers indicate the cylinder is farther away.
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Category:Disk scheduling algorithms
Category:Sorting algorithms
Cylinder (disk drive)
Data buffer
Disk drive
Elevator
FIFO (computing and electronics)
FSCAN
Hard disk
LOOK algorithm
N-Step-SCAN
O scheduling
Resource starvation
Shortest seek first
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Algoritmo dell'ascensore
Algoritmo do elevador
Elevator algorithm
Elevátor algoritmus
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Αλγόριθμος SCAN
Лифт алгоритам
الگوریتم آسانسور
उत्थापक कलनविधि
エレベータアルゴリズム
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Category:Sorting algorithms
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