GATE - 2019 | The index node (inode) of a Unix-like file system has 12 direct, one single-indirect

GATE - 2019 [Operating System]

Question:

The index node (inode) of a Unix-like file system has 12 direct, one single-indirect and one double-indirect pointers. The disk block size is 4 kB, and the disk block address is 32-bits long. The maximum possible file size is (rounded off to 1 decimal place) ______ GB.

A	7.0
B	9.0
C	2.0
D	4.0

   

Solution 1:

No. of Disk block pointers = 4kB/32bits = 1k
Max. file size
= (12 × 1k + 1k × 1k) × 4kB

≈ (1024 × 12 + 1024 × 1024) × 4 × 1024 bytes
≈ 4GB

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Solution 2: 

Data:

Direct Block Pointer = 12

Single Indirect Block Pointer = 1

Double Indirect Block Pointer = 1

Disk block address = disk block entries size = 32 bit =  4 bytes

Disk Block size = 4 KB

 

 

 

Thank You

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