Storage Devices

Storage Devices

1. Magnetic

   • Advantages
     • Cost effective
     • They're capacity is around 2 TB
     • They have a higher read and write speed
   • Disadvantages
     • Some are more portable than others
     • Some can be more expensive
     • Not very portable
   • Examples
     • Samsung M3
     • TB Internet SATA

2. Solid State

   • Examples
     • Advantages
       • They are very portable
       • They are very reliable
       • The read and write speed is higher than magnetic
     • Disadvantages
       • They have a smaller capacity than magnetic
       • Not cost effective
     • Samsung solid state drive
     • Sim card
     • Kingston flash drive

3. Optical

   • Advantages
     • Mass storage capacity
     • Low cost per bit of storage
   • Disadvantages
     • Slow
     • Unreliable
   • Examples
     • Video game
     • DVD
     • Blu ray Disk
     • CD

4. Purpose

   • What do we use storage for
     • To store any data or information that we don't want in our way