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A 8 Disk Space Allocation

The presentation discusses disk space allocation methods, including contiguous, linked, and indexed allocation. Each method has its advantages and disadvantages, impacting performance, flexibility, and memory utilization. Efficient storage management is emphasized as crucial for data safety and system performance.

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A 8 Disk Space Allocation

The presentation discusses disk space allocation methods, including contiguous, linked, and indexed allocation. Each method has its advantages and disadvantages, impacting performance, flexibility, and memory utilization. Efficient storage management is emphasized as crucial for data safety and system performance.

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Chameli Devi Group of

Institutions
Department of Computer
Science and Engineering
Presentation
on
Disk space allocation
methods
Submitted by
Submitted to
1. Amit Yadav(0832CS221022)
Mr. Vikrant Sharma
2. Ana Patidar(0832CS221023)
(Assistant Professor, CSE Dept)
3. Anchal Pawar
(0832CS221025)
Agenda
 Introduction
 Types of Allocation methods
 Contiguous Allocation
 Linked Allocation
 Indexed Allocation
Introduction
Disk space allocation refers to the
process of assigning storage space on a
hard drive or other storage devices to
files, programs, or the operating system.
It involves organizing and managing how
data is stored on a disk to optimize
performance and ensure efficient use of
available storage space.
Importance of Efficient Storage
Management

 With effective management, storage


systems perform well across
geographic areas, time and users. It
also ensures that data is safe from
outside threats, human error and
system failures.
 Proper backup and disaster recovery
are pieces of this data protection
strategy.
Types of data Space
Allocation
• CONTIGUOUS ALLOCATION
• LINKED ALLOCATION
• INDEXED ALLOCATION
Contiguous Allocation
In this scheme, each file occupies a contiguous set of blocks on
the disk.
For example, if a file requires n blocks and is given a block b as
the starting location, then the blocks assigned to the file will be:
b,b+1,b+2,…,b+n−1.
 ADVANTAGE :
• Supports both sequential and direct accesses.
• Fast access due to minimal seeks (contiguous allocation).
 DISADVANTAGES
• Suffers from internal and external fragmentation.
• Increasing file size is difficult due to the need for contiguous
memory.
.
Linked Allocation
 Each file is a linked list of disk blocks,
which need not be contiguous.
 The blocks can be scattered anywhere on
the disk.
 The directory entry contains pointers to
the starting and ending file blocks.
Pros and cons of linked
Allocation
Advantage : Disadvantage:

• Very flexible in • Requires a large


terms of file size. number of seeks
• No external to access
fragmentation. individual blocks.
• No direct/random
access support
Indexed Allocation:
 A special block called the Index
block contains pointers to all the
blocks occupied by a file.
 Each file has its own index block.
 Instead of maintaining a
file allocation table of all the disk
pointers, Indexed allocation scheme
stores all the disk pointers in one of
the blocks called as indexed block.
Pros and cons of Indexed
Allocation
Advantage : Disadvantage:

• Efficient memory • Overhead due to


utilization. index blocks.
• Supports • Limited index
direct/random block size.
access.  A bad index block
could cause the
lost of entire file.
Thank
you

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