Storage Devices

Storage Devices

1. Magnetic

   • Advantages: Huge storage capacity, cheap, data can be stored for long period of time.
   • Disadvantages: Magnetic fields can corrupt/damage, not portable, can be damaged, slower.

2. Solid State

   • Advantages: portable, robust, fast
   • Disadvantages: expensive, limited number of erase/write cycles.

3. Optical

   • Advantages: Portable, inexpensive, immune to magnetic fields
   • Disadvantages: Not very robust, slower to write, small amounts of data