Other storage devices

Magnetic storage
Magnetic storage media and devices store data in the form of tiny
magnetised dots.
These Dots are created, read and erased using magnetic felds created by
very tiny electromagnets.
Examples:
!ard drive
"ortable hard drive disc
Magnetic tapes
Solid state backing storage
The term #solid state$ essentially means #no moving parts$ %no
reels of tape, no spinning discs, no laser beams&.
The data stored on a solid state bac'ing storage is re(ritable
)torage devices
)olid state
storage
Magnetic
Optical
Back ups
* bac' up is a copy of a fle.
+t is stored on alternative medium to the original.
Data could be corrupt on the other media or + could have
been accidently deleted.
Storage Methods
Sequential access/ serial access is (hen you can access the
data but you have to go through every single bit of data
*dvantage cheap
Dis advantage it ta'es a long time to get to the correct data
)e,uential data is often magnetic storage devices
Random access/ direct access
-andom access data is (hen you can access data (hich you can
access at any point (ithout having to go through all the data in
order.
*dvantage you can s'ip through data
Type of
storage
Typical si.e uses advantages disadvantag
es
!ard dis'
drive
+t records data
on the surface
/ast and has a
high transfer
rate
0an easily
brea' but
cannot be
transferred
"ortable
!DD
They are used
to store large
fles
1arge fles can
be transferred
bet(een
computers
Easily stolen
and transfers
viruses
Magnetic
tape
Memory
stic'