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Shashwat Shriparv
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Storage of databases
Databases typically store large amount of data.
Generally databases are too large to fit entirely
in the main memory.
Storage of database in secondary storage
devices such as disks prevent permanent data
loss from volatile memory (main memory).
Cost of storage per unit data less than that of
primary memory.
Typical devices
Magnetic tapes
Optical disks
Hard disks
Magnetic
Tapes
Hard disk drive
Accessing methods
Data stored on tapes is offline since loading of
tape is needed before the data becomes
available-by an operator or a loading device
Disks are online devices that can be accessed
directly at any time.
Due to these factors disks are most widely
used as secondary storage devices of
DATABASE MAMAGEMENT SYSTEMS
DISK DEVICES
Magnetic disks are used for storing data
By magnetizing an area on a disk one can
make it represent a bit value of one or zero
capacity of the disk is the number of bytes it
can store
Usually the capacity of disks are too large.
Floppies can contain 400KB to 1.44Mb
Hard disks can accommodate hundreds of GBs
Disks are all made of magnetic material
shaped as thin circular disk and protected by a
plastic or acrylic cover
A disk is single sided if it stores information
only on one of its surfaces