Magnetic Storage

Storage is split into two sections magnetic and optical storage. Magnetic
storage media and devices store data in the form of magnetised dots. These
dots are read and created using magnetic fields and these are created by tiny
electromagnets.
Devices include:
-hard disk drive
-Portable hard disk drive
-magnetic tapes
Solid State Storage means there are no moving parts e.g. no tape, no spinning
disk, etc The data stored on solid state storage is rewritable.
It includes:
Memory sticks
Flash memory
Magnetic storage
used to back up
your information.
Very portable, holds
more data than a floppy
disk.
Solid state memory
used to store data
Magnetic storage used to
store data specifically at
schools and large companies.
Also as an archive.
Solid state data used
to store data.
Magnetic storage
used to store data.
2,000
GB or 2
TB.
It uses
random
access.
It uses a lot of power,
is heavy, is big and
loses memory
quickly.
2 TB.
You can re-write the
information and it has
only one component.
It can be easy to scratch and
hard to transfer data from
different computers.
Can be a
terabyte
or more.
Expensive, transport viruses
and can get lost easily.
1GB to
32GB
Really small can fit
into other devices
Cost more, hard to read
information on computer
Stores a lot of
information more than
most storage devices
It uses
sequential data.
64 GB


Backups







Storage Methods
There are two storage methods Random Access and sequential.
Sequential data: one advantage is that the
information is cheap and hold a lot of storage,
one disadvantage is that it can take a while to
get to the information.
An example is trying to get to the last song on an
old cassette player.
Radom access data: one advantage is that it is
quick whereas a disadvantage is that they are
more expensive.
An example is taking a chocolate out of a
chocolate box you can choose which ever one you
want.