In the SCAN algorithm, the disk arm starts at one end of the disk and
moves toward the other end,servicing requests as it reaches each
cylinder,until it gets to the other end of the disk. At the other end,
the direction of head movement is reversed, and servicing continues. The
head continuously scans back and forth across the disk. The SCAN
algorithm is sometimes called the elevator algorithm, since the disk arm
behaves just like an elevator in a building, first servicing all the
requests going up and then reversing to service requests the other way. Read more>>
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