+ when using catabane/each new recived or change toa recto wil be Saved to the-catatrase im secondary storage + the usar may want to back ip the data vo that apace copy is availa thor reasons for seconiary storage include: + each program willbe stored on secondary storagereadly tabe loaded inta RAM when the progam bs opened + the-computer wall use secondary storage to savers virtual memary le which extends the amaunt of RAM available, albeit making the viral part of the memory ery slaw, Magnetic tape drive Majetic tape ts uited for backing ip and! archiving data Bata in stored serially which means one'tem after another The tape is wound! through the tage drive ane! ast ‘wis through dtaris wetter fo it. The init cers anc high capacity of tapes makes them ideal for backing up and, archiving data because the: tata ts simply stored lr a-Sequential manner. When retrléuing data, toes takes while find the data that is tequired because the tape has to be wound to the ekact position where the data is stored. This makes it unsultable for everyday use. Backups and archives mre not intended for everyday use f date.does need to be restored Irom backup, tmay take awhile but it sat tanst available when. Nieeded, ifthe whole of a computer's seconstary storage needs to be restored, then this can be done by reading the tape sequentially, Tapes are ideal for backing up thewholt ofsecandary storagefora computer or xeever because they can hold several terabytes (TB) of data, tn 2014, Sony developed tape capable ol storing 18578 of dats. mask Find out how the pranalather-tather-son baci ‘tation tystem wars using Magnetic tomes. How may Japs wel niece if theemeinty bachups were tent Yor thre manta tine? Optical Optical storage wars introduced earls inthis chapter under the heading Biy-ray lv 2015, there were-three main types optical storage Capacity | 7o0 MB Otiginat purpose: Table2.02- Typesot optical storage, Ih adeition ta distributing music ane! ers, optical storage has: been 3 popular medium to distribute-snfturare due ta thelowe weoutol bach eli, the Fact that read-only vessleres ofeach disc ‘pdt and the low cost of postingthem. Using recordable and ‘eweiieable versxns of optical discs makes them sultable for bbachigs and archives. tisk to restorea single from anontical disc backup rather than a tape backup because thetlecan be accessed directly rather than having to esa tisough @ wbofetape. This alsa makes optical discs mare suitable for archived data because files can be found quickly, The capacity of optical discs Is much lexs thar tapes, which means they are only suitable for backing upa selection of fies rather than the whale ofsecondary suarage. Hard disk drive HODs were introduced warllerin this chapte', The pk purpose is taact asthe main secondary starage device for 2 consputtr. ata and programs are-stored on the HBO so that rhey came accessed as and when required, External HODS can also be used ta track up data (although this is anerpensivenayo! doingit) orto transler dat to angther computes, Maing parts within HDD rake lt vlrwerable to damage i dropped Solid state drive ‘SSDs were introduced enilierin this chapter. Similarto a HOB, a SSD can store the data ond programs that are ened bya compulur. SSDsare faster than HDDs, butalso more expensive: SSDs require less power than a HDO so they are often isso in tablet computers and high-end laptops to extend the battery Ife. Storing the operating system and programs that are used mast on» S50 instead of 2 HOD, wil significantly improve the performance of a tormputer. isk Compare therprices of $80saré HOD week out appronimanw cost por megabyte (NH) for sac,