Storage Devices

Storage Devices

1. Solid State

   • Advantages
     • Faster
     • Easier to carry
     • Lots of storage room
     • More efficient
     • Easy to install
     • More durable
   • Disadvantages
     • Storage capacity
     • Expensive
     • Recovery of lost data
   • Examples
     • Phone
     • Mac book
     • Tablet

2. Magnetic

   • Examples
     • Blu-ray discs
     • CD's and DVD's and discs
     • Tapes
   • Advantages
     • Higher capacity than Solid State devices
     • Fast access and retrieval times compared to other storage devices
     • Relatively cheap per unit of storage
   • Disadvantages
     • Little amount of space to record data
     • If damaged or broken it can lead to the entire role being useless
     • Durability
     • Can be easily damaged, will slow down and eventually break over time

3. Optical

   • Advantages
     • Low cost per bit of storage
     • Mountable/Unmountable storage units
     • Mouse storage capacity (on the order of gigabytes)
     • Long media life
     • High data stability
   • Examples
     • Microscopes
     • Telescopes
   • Disadvantages