Storage devices

Storage devices

1. Optical

   • Disadvantages: not very robust, slower t write, expensive for large amounts of data
   • Advantages: very portable, cheap for small amounts of data, immune to magnetic fields

2. Solid state

   • Disadvantages: SSD's are expensive compared to the equivalent magnetic storage
   • Advantages: very robust, very portable, faster to access data

3. Magnetic

   • Advantages: huge storage capacity, cheapest out of 3, data can be stored for a long period of time
   • Disadvantages: not very portable, can be corrupted by magnetic fields, slower to access data