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"File Management" Please respond to the following:
From the first e-Activity, evaluate the efficiency, speed, and accuracy of the storage and retrieval techniques that two (2) search engine organizations currently use. Imagine that the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of a new search engine organization has asked your opinion on which storage and retrieval technique he / she should use for his / her company. Suggest the key storage and retrieval techniques he / she should incorporate. Provide a rationale for your response.
From the second e-Activity, evaluate the ease of use and efficiency of using both Windows and Unix file management systems. Of the two file management systems, determine the one that is more efficient and has a better user interface. Provide a rationale for your response.
KR’s post states the following:Top of Form
From the first e-Activity, evaluate the efficiency, speed, and accuracy of the storage and retrieval techniques that two (2) search engine organizations currently use. Imagine that the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of a new search engine organization has asked your opinion on which storage and retrieval technique he/she should use for his / her company. Suggest the key storage and retrieval techniques he/she should incorporate. Provide a rationale for your response.
The storage and retrieval process collects and catalogs data so that an organization can locate and display their data on request. If I were asked to advise on which storage and retrieval technique an organization should consider, I would first introduce the COO to the Set Theory, Algebraic, and Probabilistic Model concepts.
Set Theory: Similarity relationships are determined by set operations (Boolean Model).
Algebraic Models: Similarities are determined in pairs: Documents and search queries can be represented as vectors, matrices or tuples (vector space model).
Probabilistic Models: These models establish similarity by viewing the data sets as multi-stage random experiments.
Out of the three models presented, I would recommend using a search engine that utilizes the Boolean Model. The most popular search engines on the web are based on the Boolean principle. The Boolean principle is logical links that help users refine and pinpoint a specific search. With (AND, OR, NOT) keys, a request can be specified when specific terms should appear within a user's search results, or content with a specific term should be hidden. The only disadvantage with the Boolean model is that it does not contain any ranking system for its results. I would recommend the Boolean model because many search engines are very familiar with its storage and retrieval techniques.
From the second e-Activity, evaluate the ease of use and efficiency of using both Windows and Unix file management systems. Of the two file management systems, determine the one that is more efficient and has a better user interface. Provide a rationale for your response.
Windows uses FAT and NTFS as file systems, and Linux uses a variety of file systems. Unlike Windows, Linux is bootable from a network drive. In contrast to Windows, everything is either a file or a process in Linux. Linux has two kinds of major partitions called data partitions and swap partitions. Because of the existence of swap partitions, it is likely to never run out of memory in Linux (Unlike Windows). When it comes to recovery tools, only a limited number of tools can be used on Windows. There are a large number of Linux based recovery tools available for Linux file systems, which is why I would believe Linux is more efficient and has a better user interface.
References:
https://www.ionos.com/digitalguide/online-marketing/search-engine-marketing/information-retrieval-how-search-engines-retrieve-data/
https://linuxexplore.com/2012/10/01/linux-file-system-and-windows-file-system-difference/
https://www.educba.com/linux-vs-windows/
SM’s post states the following:Top of Form
• From the first e-Activity, evaluate the efficiency, speed, and accuracy of the storage and retrieval techniques that two (2) search engine organizations currently use. Imagine that the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of a new search engine organization has asked your opinion on which storage and retrieval technique he / she should use for his / her company. Suggest the key storage and retrieval techniques he / she should incorporate. Provide a rationale for your response.
Googles search speed is around 4.9 seconds to load - which in a world that houses almost 245 million internet users is huge. Google’s mantra is “Fast is better than slow” (Hoelzle, 2012) and the company states that this is because of an end user has to wait more than 400ms, they will search somewhere else. The company has done a lot of research and spent time on data analysis to find out what users do, how the interact, and the retrieval techniques that is used to make the accuracy of the search more inviting. (Hoelzle, 2012)
I would recommend Google because Google Analytics can measure a site’s speed and impacts. It can help webmaster with speeding up their sites, and even boost performance. They are currently working on Page Speed Service to accelerate a page without having to make changes to code.
• From the second e-Activity, evaluate the ease of use and efficiency of using both Windows and Unix file management systems. Of the two file management systems, determine the one that is more efficient and has a better user interface. Provide a rationale for your response.
Although I think that it is easier for any kind of user to use a Windows computer, I think that a Unix system is more reliable. That being said, your everyday end-user is probably not going to be able to use a Unix system. Unix uses a command line approach. Typing in the command line is how the computer responds based on the command it receives. With a Windows system there is a GUI interface and is user friendly. Interaction with a Windows system is a point and click method. Unix is a much more stable OS but does require manual updating. Unix has greater security and permission features and also more processing power than Windows. Windows is supported by Microsoft which supports a variety of applications, plug-and-play support, it even offers automatic updating. Bottom line is the more popular OS is Windows with a bit of a learning curve, another option is Unix. (Haas, 2019)
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