Secondary Storage

Secondary Storage

1. Portable

   • USB Memory Drive
     • They are small lightweight whilst having lots of Storage Space
     • Quick Data Transfers
   • SD Cards
     • You can load files, like photos and videos on to them
     • install apps on the SD card.
   • CD/DVD and Blu Ray
     • Very cheap to produce
     • Most Computers can use and read them
     • However they are fairly fragile, easy to snap or scratch

2. Fixed

   • SSD
     • They are easily damaged.
     • Slower access speeds
   • Hard Drive
     • Noisy
   • Tape Drive
     • They provide a back up copy of a peice of data