<Li> Seek time--Time needed to move the head to a new position (specific track). </Li> <Li> Rotational latency--Average time, once the arm is on the right track, before a head is over a desired sector . </Li> <Li> Data transfer rate - The rate at which user data bits are transferred from or to the medium . Technically, this would more accurately be entitled the "gross" data transfer rate . </Li>

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