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  • https://eng.libretexts.org/Courses/Delta_College/Introduction_to_Operating_Systems/16%3A_I_O_and_Disk_Management/16.05%3A_Disk_Drive_Scheduling
    However, since the buffer is always getting new requests, these can skew the service time of requests that may be farthest away from the disk head's current location, if the new requests are all close...However, since the buffer is always getting new requests, these can skew the service time of requests that may be farthest away from the disk head's current location, if the new requests are all close to the current location; in fact, starvation may result, with the faraway requests never being able to make progress.

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