What is the difference between a sector and a cluster?

Answer 1

To put it in simple terms, you get a sector when you take a bunch of things and divide them. You get a cluster when you take a bunch of things and put them together.

Answer 2

A sector is a part of a whole. As a well the specific usages below, it can also be used metaphorically, referring to a generic piece or portion of something.
In the context of computer hardware, a sector is a sub-division of a track of a magnetic hard disk or optical disc. A sector stores a fixed amount of data. The typical formatting of sectors allows holding 512 bytes (e.g. harddisks and diskettes) or 2048 bytes (e.g. optical discs) of data.

A computer cluster is a group of loosely coupled computers that work together closely so that in many respects they can be viewed as though they are a single computer. The components of a cluster are commonly, but not always, connected to each other through fast local area networks. Clusters are usually deployed to improve speed and/or reliability over that provided by a single computer, while typically being much more cost-effective than single computers of comparable speed or reliability

Answer 3

A sector is a segment of a track on the hard drive surface. It almost always contains 512 bytes of data. A cluster is a group of one or more sectors.

Answer 4

A sector is like a block of a village which is divided by houses while a cluster is like the house which is consist of a roof, wall, door, window, etc.

Answer 5

It sounds like you are referring to wireless telephony technology. A sector is served by a single base station. One base station can have multiple sectors.
A cluster is a collection of base stations.

Answer 6

there are many sectors in one logical cluster

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