Storage Types

Storage Types

1. Magnetic

   • advantages
     • More cost effective than solid state
     • Large capacity compared to solid state
   • disadvantages
     • Less durable than solid state
     • Not very fast compared to solid state
   • examples
     • floppy disk
     • hard disk drive

2. Optical

   • advantages
     • portable compared to magnetic
     • more cost effective than magnetic
   • disadvantages
     • less durable than solid state
     • low capacity compared to magnetic
   • examples
     • CD
     • DVD

3. Solid state

   • Advantages
     • More durable than magnetic
     • Quick read to write
     • more Portable than magnetic
   • Disadvantages
     • Less cost effective than magnetic and optical
     • difficult to recover data
   • Examples