When you create a file, it’s stored in different blocks/locations of the filesystem/disk depending upon the size of the file. Though you don’t need to know the physical location of the disk in normal scenarios, but you might need it in things like, to understand the filesystem layout and how file is stored on the filesystem or to do performance tests.
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