Secondary Storage

Secondary Storage

1. Three types of storage

   • Solid State
     • Fastest type of secondary storage
     • Small and easy to move around
     • Durable and last longer than other storage methods.
     • Tends to be more expensive
   • Optical
     • Discs
       • Easily Scratched
     • Small and easy to move around
   • Magnetic
     • Cheapest method of storage
     • Can be big hard drives
     • A lot of moving Parts
       • Could make it not very durable
     • Could break easy

2. RAM

   • Volatile
     • Once the device has been turened off it deletes it's self

3. ROM

   • Non-Volatile
   • Saves files but are only read only