Storage Devices

Storage Devices

1. Solid State

   • USB Memory Stick
   • SSD
     • Internal
     • Portable

2. Magnetic

   • HardDisk
     • Internal
       • Not portable, built into a computer
     • Portable
       • Very Slow, Limited to USB2 access speeds (480Mb/s)
   • Tapes
   • Can be fairly slow (Access speeds of 3Gb/s)
   • Very large amounts of capacity(up to 4TB)
   • Vunerable to Movement due to the moving parts

3. Optical

   • CD
   • DVD