Auxiliary Memory

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Presented by:- Rahul Goswami

Kenin sakhiya
Anjali Rajput
 Content
What is auxiliary memory?
• Magnetic memory
- Magnetic Disks: Hard Disks and Floppy Disks
- Magnetic Tapes
• Optical disks
- CD (Compact Disk) or CD-ROM
- CD-RW (CD-Read/Write)
- DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) -ROM
- DVD-R
What is Auxiliary memory?
• Used to overcome the limitations of primary storage.
• Unlimited capacity because the cost per bit of storage is very
low.
• Larger capacity than main memory.
• Used to store large volumes of data on a permanent basis.
• It is Non-volatile in nature.
• Also known as Secondary Memory.
 Magnetic Memory
• Permanent type memory.
• Data can store on the magnetic
coated surface by applying
electric pulses.
• Two techniques of data
recording:
Longitudinal and vertical.
• Magnetoresistive(MR) sensor
is used to read data.
Magnetic Disk

•Read/Write data from/to its surface

on platters.
• Surface divided into tracks and
sectors.
• Supports direct access mechanism.
• Has a disk controller.
• Has read/write head.
Types Of Magnetic Disk:-
Hard Disks

• On line storage devices.

• Used to store bulk (mass) amount of information.
• Made up of aluminium with a thin coating of magnetic
material (iron oxide).
• Size 3.5 inch used in desktop computers.
• Size 2.5 inch used in portable computers.
Access Mechanism of Hard Disk
Floppy Disk
• Made up of plastic material (Mylar) coated with magnetic material (iron
oxide or barium ferrite).

• Not a hard plate, very thin piece of flexible plastic.

• Also called diskette.

• It is removable type device and used as backup storage device.

• 5¼ inch Diskette • 3½ inch Diskette

(Minifloppy) (Microfloppy)
- Encased in square, - Encased in square, hard
flexible vinyl jacket. plastic jacket.
- 1.2 MB size. 1.44 MB size.
Magnetic Tapes:-
• Used as backup memory.
• Sequential access device.
• Made up of flexible polyester coated with magnetizable material (iron oxide or
chromium oxide).
• Size varies from 3 mm to 12.7 mm.
• Available in real, cartridge and cassette form.
Optical Disks
• Used for backup memory.
• Circular disk, coated with a thin metal or some other
material that is highly reflective.
• Read/Write operation can perform using laser beam.
• Has very high storing capacity, compares to magnetic
floppy disks.
• Direct access device.
Storage Organization in Optical Disk:-

• Has one long spiral track.

• Track divided into equal length sectors.

Access Mechanism Of Optical Disk
An optical disk drive uses a laser beam to read
the data from the disk as it is spinning. It
distinguishes between the pits and lands based
on how the light reflects off the recording
material. The drive uses the differences in
reflectivity to determine the 0 and 1 bits that
represent the data.
Types Of Optical Disk
1) CD or CD-ROM:-

CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read-Only Memory) is a Compact Disc that

contains data accessible with the help of the computer. Compact Disc format
was only designed for music and playback music but later made to store all
kinds of data.

2) CD -R:-

A CD-R (Compact Disc-Recordable) is a multi-session compact disc onto

which you can record your own items such as text, graphics, and audio. With a
CD-R, you can write on one part of the disc at one time and another part later.
3) CD-RW:-

A CD-RW (Compact Disc-Rewritable) is an erasable disc that allows you to write

multiple times. Initially, called an erasable CD (CD E), a CD-RW overcomes the major
disadvantage of CD-R discs, of writing on them only once with CD-RW, the disc acts
like a floppy or hard disk, allowing you to write and rewrite data, instructions, and
information onto it multiple times. To write on a CD-RW disc, you have CD-RW
software and a CD-RW drive.

4)DVD:-

A DVD-ROM (Digital Versatile Disc-Read-Only Memory or Digital Video Disc

Read-Only Memory) is known as a high-capacity optical disc on which users can easily
read but not able to write or erase. DVD-ROMs store movies, music, music videos, huge
databases, and software.
Difference Between Magnetic and Optical Disk:-
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