Chapter 8

Secondary Storage

Competencies (Page 1 of 2)
Distinguish between
primary & secondary
storage
Describe the traditional
floppy disk and compare
it to high capacity floppy
disks
Compare internal hard
disks, hard-disk
cartridges, and hard-disk
packs
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Competencies (Page 2 of 2)
Describe ways to improve
hard-disk operations, including
disk caching, redundant arrays
of inexpensive disks, and data
compression and
decompression
Discuss the different types of
optical disks; mass storage
Describe solid-state storage,
Internet drives, and magnetic
tape
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Storage
Primary storage
Volatile
Temporary

Secondary storage
Nonvolatile
Permanent

Secondary storage
characteristics
Media
Capacity
Storage devices
Access speed

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Secondary Storage Devices

Most desktop microcomputer systems have floppy
disks, hard disks, and optical disk drives

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Traditional Floppy Disk

Also known as:
Diskettes
Floppies
Portable storage media
Floppy disk drives (FDD)

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High Capacity Floppy Disks

Known as a floppy-disk cartridge
Require special disk drives
Three well known types
Zip disks
HiFD disks
SuperDisks

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Hard Disks
Use thicker, metallic platters for storage
Faster than a floppy diskette
Large capacity
Sensitive instruments
There are three types of hard disks:
Internal
Hard-disk cartridge
Hard-disk pack
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Materials that Cause a Head Crash

Head crash is a disaster for a hard disk

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Internal Hard Disk

Located inside system unit
Known as a fixed disk
Designated as the C drive
Advantages over floppies
Access speed
Capacity

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Optical Disks
Compact
Permanent storage
Laser beams reflect off pits
Two common types
CD
DVD

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Compact Disc
Optical format
From 650 MB to 1 GB capacity
Rotation speeds vary
Types
Read only: CD-ROM
Write once: CD-R
Rewriteable: CD-RW
Picture CDs and Photo CDs
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Digital Versatile Disc

Digital Versatile Disk or Digital Video Disk
(DVD)
Similar to CDs, but can store more data
Types
Read only: DVD-ROM
Write once: DVD+R; DVD-R
Rewritable: DVD+RW; DVD-RW; DVD-RAM

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Other Types of Secondary Storage

Solid-state storage

Internet hard drives

Magnetic tape

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Solid-State Storage
Flash memory cards
Widely used in notebook computers
Used to record MP3 music files

Key chain hard drives

Key chain flash memory
devices
Connects to a USB port
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Internet Hard Drives

Known as i-drive or online storage

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Magnetic Tape
External storage
Provides sequential access
Information stored in sequence
Slower than disks which provide
direct access

Magnetic tape streamers or

tape cartridges used by both
mainframes and
microcomputers
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