Computer Storage

Computer Storage

1. Cloud Storage

   • Google Drive
   • One Drive
   • Drop Box
   • iCloud Storage
   • One Note
   • Cloud storage is a service model in which data is maintained, managed, backed up remotely and made available to users over a network (typically the Internet).

2. Magnetic Storage Media

   • Magnetic Tapes
   • Portable Hard Disk Drives
   • Fixed/Internal Hard Disk Drives
   • Magnetic storage or magnetic recording is the storage of data on a magnetized medium. Magnetic storage uses different patterns of magnetisation in a magnetisable material to store data and is a form of non-volatile memory. The information is accessed using one or more read/write heads.

3. Solid State Storage Media

   • An SSD is a type of mass storage device similar to a hard disk drive (HDD). ... Unlike hard drives, SSDs do not have any moving parts (which is why they are called solid state drives). Instead of storing data on magnetic platters, SSDs store data using flash memory.
   • Flash Memory Cards
   • Memory Sticks
   • Pen Drives

4. Optical Storage Media

   • CD/DVD
   • Blu-Ray DVDs
   • CD-ROM/DVD-ROM
   • CD-RAM/DVD-RAM
   • Optical storage is the storage of data on an optically readable medium. Data is recorded by making marks in a pattern that can be read back with the aid of light, usually a beam of laser light precisely focused on a spinning optical disc