Disk Arms

Keep disks below 50% busy

A cache behind a cache sees random references

Assume all references require 1 disk/ops

Depending on OS, a single disk can achieve 50-200 operations per second

Per megabit: 25 ops/S * 2 (for head room) yields anywhere from 1 disk to 1/4 disk per megabit

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