Secondary Storage

Secondary Storage

1. Solid State (flash) Storage

   • SSD is one example
   • Another example is a memory stick/card
   • An advantage is it's more durable than magnetic and optical
   • A disadvantage is it's less cost effective than magnetic

2. Optical Storage

   • CD's and DVD's are examples
   • Blu-ray is another example
   • An advantage is it's more cost effective than solid state
   • A disadvantage is it's not very durable and it has a low capacity

3. Magnetic Storage

   • It's cost effective and has a larger capacity than solid state
   • A disadvantage is it's not as durable due to moving parts and reads/writes data slower compared to solid state.
   • An example is floppy disks