Storage Devices

Storage Devices

1. Solid State

   • Examples
     • Sim card
     • Hybrid drive
     • Internal hardrive
   • Advantages
     • Very portable
     • High read/write speed
   • Disadvantages
     • Not cost effective

2. Optical

   • Advantages
     • Reasonably portable
   • Disadvantages
     • Low read/write speed
     • Unreliable
   • Examples
     • CD
     • DVD
     • Blu-ray Disk
     • Video game

3. Magnetic

   • Examples
     • External hardrive
     • Hybrid drive
   • Advantages
     • Cost effective
     • Big capacity
   • Disadvantages
     • Not very portable

4. Purpose

   • What do we use storage for?
     • Storing data