Storage Devices

Storage Devices

1. Optical

   • Disadvantages
     • Not Very Reliable
     • Very slow
     • Easily Damaged
   • Examples
     • Verbatim DVD-R
     • Sony BD-RE Blu-Ray
   • Advantages
     • Very cheap
     • Compatable with many systems
     • Very Portable

2. Solid State

   • Disadvantages
     • They arent very cost effecient
     • They dont have very much capacity
   • advantages
     • They are reliable
     • They are very portable
   • Examples
     • Samsung 840 Solid State Crive
     • SanDisk 64GB SD Card

3. Magnetic

   • Examples
     • Samsung M3 Portatable HD
     • Seagate 2 TB Inturnal SATA
   • Advantages
     • Has the highest capacity out of the three types
     • They are the most cost effective because you get more capacity for your moolah
   • Disadvantages
     • They break easier because they have moving parts
     • They are normally only compatable with computers

4. Purpose