Secondary storage

Secondary storage

1. Solid state

   • Solid state storage are mainly used in mobiles and other portable devices as it is more durable and has no moving parts.
   • High end preformance
   • More expencive

2. Magnetic

   • Can hold more data
   • It is cost effective compared to solid state
   • It has more storage than others and is mainly used in desktop computers.

3. Optical

   • It reads and writes information off of disks using lasers.
   • Optical storage is mainly used to watch or listen to things like films or music on a device.
   • The main types of optical storage are CDs and DVDs