Storage Devices

Storage Devices

1. Solid-State

   • Advantages
     • It is very robust, there are no moving parts so it's harder to be damaged
     • It is faster to access the data from, compared to a magnetic hard disk
   • Disadvantages
     • SSD are expensive compared to an equivalent magnetic hard drive
     • Solid state storage has a limited number of erase/write cycles.

2. Optical

   • Advantages
     • Portable
     • Non volitlie
   • Disadvantages
     • easily scratched
     • smaller capacity than Magnetic

3. Magnetic

   • Advantages
     • Huge Storage Capacity
     • Data can be stored for long periods of time
   • Disadvantages
     • It isn't as potable as other technologies
     • Magnetic fields can corrupt data