How Much To Buffer

A log-structured file system buffers writes in memory and flushes one contiguous segment at a time. On the target drive, positioning (seek plus rotation) before a segment write costs Tposition=8T_{position} = 8 ms, and peak transfer is Rpeak=120R_{peak} = 120 MB/s.

How large must a segment be for the effective write bandwidth to reach 85 percent of peak?

A

about 0.17 MB

B

about 5.44 MB

C

about 0.96 MB

D

about 0.82 MB