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Chapter 07
Chapter 7
Types of Storage Objectives Overview
Differentiate among Identify the uses of tape, A storage medium is the physical
various types of optical magnetic stripe cards,
discs: CDs, archive discs smart cards, microfilm material on which a computer keeps
and Picture CDs, DVDs, and microfiche, and
and Blu-ray Discs enterprise storage
data, instructions, and information
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• A hard disk contains one or more inflexible, circular platters • Hard disks can
that use magnetic particles to store data, instructions, and store data using
information
longitudinal
recording or
perpendicular
recording
• Characteristics of a hard disk • Formatting is the process of dividing the disk into tracks
include: and sectors so that the operating system can store and
locate data and information on the disk
Read/Write
Capacity Platters
Heads
Transfer
Access Time
Rate
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• RAID (redundant array of independent disks) is a An external hard disk is a separate free-
group of two or more integrated hard disks standing hard disk that connects to your
computer with a cable or wirelessly
• A network attached storage (NAS) device is a
server connected to a network with the sole
A removable hard disk is a hard disk that
purpose of providing storage you insert and remove from a drive
• A disk controller consists of a special-purpose chip and • Flash memory chips are a type of solid state
electronic circuits that control the transfer of data, media and contain no moving parts
instructions, and information from a disk to and from the
system bus and other components of the computer • Solid state drives (SSDs) have several advantages
over magnetic hard disks:
SATA EIDE
Generate less heat and
Faster access time Faster transfer rates Last longer
consume less power
SCSI SAS
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Home user Small Office/Home Office Mobile Power User Enterprise User Enterprise User
• 500 GB hard disk user • 250 GB hard disk (desktop computer) (server or mainframe)
• 2.5 TB hard disk
• Cloud storage • 1 TB hard disk • Cloud storage • 1 TB hard disk • Network storage server
• Cloud storage
• Optical disc drive • Cloud storage • Optical disc drive • Optical disc drive • 40 TB hard disk system
• Optical disc drive
• Card reader/writer • Optical disc drive • Card reader/writer • Smart card reader • Optical disc server
• Portable hard disk for
• USB flash drive • External hard disk for • Portable hard disk for
backup
backup • Tape drive • Microfilm or microfiche
backup
• USB flash drive • USB flash drive • USB flash drive
• USB flash drive
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