Disk scheduling algorithms are algorithms designed and used for scheduling disk operations

Disk scheduling algorithms dramatically increase disk performance

Disk scheduling algorithms aims to minimize seek time in moving-head disk

There are several algorithms available to schedule the servicing of disk I/O requests

Some of the Disk scheduling related algorithms are listed here below:

- Anticipatory scheduling

- CFQ

- Deadline scheduler

- Elevator algorithm

- FIFO / FCFS (First Come, First Served)

- SSTF (Shortest Seek Time First)

- FSCAN

- I/O scheduling

- LOOK algorithm

- N-Step-SCAN

- C-SCAN (circular scan)

- Noop scheduler

- C-LOOK