A file system uses a fixed block size of $4{,}096$ bytes. For each file, the system reserves an additional $128$ bytes for metadata. Consider a file whose actual data size is $10{,}250$ bytes.

(a) How many blocks are allocated to store this file (including metadata)?
(b) What is the total amount of disk space, in bytes, occupied by the file?
(c) If the disk capacity is $2$ GB, what percentage of the disk does this file occupy? Express your answer to three significant figures.

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A file system uses a fixed block size of $4{,}096$ bytes. For each file, the system reserves an additional $128$ bytes for metadata. Consider a file whose actual data size is $10{,}250$ bytes.

(a) How many blocks are allocated to store this file (including metadata)?
(b) What is the total amount of disk space, in bytes, occupied by the file?
(c) If the disk capacity is $2$ GB, what percentage of the disk does this file occupy? Express your answer to three significant figures.

Accepted Answer

(a) 3 blocks
(b) 12,288 bytes
(c) 0.586%

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