Chapter Two

Storage Devices and Power

Supplies

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Objectives Covered
1.5 Install and configure storage devices and use appropriate media.
– Optical drives: CD-ROM / CD-RW, DVD-ROM / DVD-RW / DVD-RW DL, Blu-
Ray, BD-R, BD-RE
– Magnetic hard disk drives: 5400 rpm, 7200 rpm, 10,000 rpm
– Hot swappable drives
– Solid state/flash drives: Compact flash, SD, Micro-SD, Mini-SD, xD, SSD,
Hybrid, eMMC
– RAID types: 0, 1, 5, 10
– Tape drive
– Media capacity: CD, CD-RW, DVD-RW, DVD, Blu-Ray, Tape, DVD DL
1.8 Install a power supply based on given specifications.
– Connector types and their voltages: SATA, Molex, 4/8-pin 12v, PCIe 6/8-pin,
20-pin, 24-pin
– Specifications: Wattage, Dual rail, Size, Number of connectors, ATX, Micro-
ATX, Dual voltage options

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 Hard Disk Drive System
Components

• Controller
• Hard disk
• Host bus adapter (HBA)

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 SATA Headers

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 Hard Drive Anatomy

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 Hard Drive Anatomy
• Platters
• Read/write heads
• Tracks
• Sectors
• Cylinders
• Clusters (allocation units)

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Computing Drive Capacity with
CHS Geometry

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 HDD Rotation Speeds

• 5400 rpm
• 7200 rpm
• 10,000 rpm

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 Other Drive Types

• Solid-state drive (SSD)

• Hybrid drives
– Solid-state hybrid drive
– Dual-drive solutions
• Optical drives
– Compact disc (CD)
– Digital video disc (DVD)
– Blu-ray disc (BD)

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 Optical Discs and Common
Capacities

• CD-R/RW: 700MB
• DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW
– Single-sided, single-layer: 4.7GB
– Double-sided, single-layer: 9.4GB
– Single-sided, double-layer: 8.5GB
– Double-sided, double-layer: 17.1GB
• Blu-ray (BD-R, BD-RE)
– Single-sided, single-layer: 25GB
– Single-sided, double-layer: 50GB
– Double-sided, double-layer: 100GB

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 Optical Drive 1X Data Rates

• CD-ROM: 150KBps
• DVD-ROM: 1.4MBps
• BD-ROM: 4.5MBps

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 DVD Formats

• DVD-ROM
• DVD-R, DVD+R
• DVD-RW, DVD+RW
• DL

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 DVD Formats

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 SATA Connectors and
Headers

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 Types of RAID

• RAID 0: Striped set without fault tolerance

• RAID 1: Mirroring and duplexing
• RAID 5: Striped set with distributed parity
• RAID 0+1 and RAID 1+0 (or 10): Varying
combinations of RAID 0 and RAID 1

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 Types of RAID

• RAID 0: Striped set without fault tolerance

• RAID 1: Mirroring and duplexing
• RAID 5: Striped set with distributed parity
• RAID 0+1 and RAID 1+0 (or 10): Varying
combinations of RAID 0 and RAID 1

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RAID 10
RAID 01
 Other Storage Media
• Tape
– QIC
– DLT
– 8mm (Exabyte)
– DAT/DDS
– LTO
• Flash memory
– MMC, SD, miniSD, microSD
– SIM
– CF
– xD
– eMMC
• USB flash drive

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 Tape Media

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 External USB Card Reader

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 A Power Supply

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 Characteristics of Power
Supplies

• Converts VAC to VDC

– 110VAC, 60Hz or 220VAC, 50Hz
• Selector switch
• Automatic switching
+3.3VDC, +/-5VDC, +/-12VDC
• Capacity measured in watts
• Various DC connectors for use inside
computer
• Dual-rail architecture

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AT System Connector
 The Molex Power Connector

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 The ATX Power Connector

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 The ATX12V P4 Power
Connector

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 The 6-pin ATX12V 2.1 PCIe
Power Connector

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 The 8-pin ATX12V 2.2 PCIe
Power Connector

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The 24-pin ATX12V 2.x Power
Connector

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 The SATA Power Connector

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Proprietary Power Connectors
 Replacing Power Supplies

• Due to failure
• Outgrowing the power needs provided
• New components not compatible with
legacy power supply