3.3 Removable Storage

Question 1

Hot-Swappable

Answer 1

Capable of being removed or replaced without disruption or powering off the device

Question 2

Advanced Host COntroller Interface (AHCI)

Answer 2

Technical standard developed by Intel that allows hot-swappable capability with SATA devices. It can be enabled in the BIOS/UEFI

Question 3

eSATA

Answer 3

Allows to use the hot swap capability. eSATA is fast, comparable to USB 3.0

Question 4

Drive enclosure

Answer 4

Takes an internal hard drive and put it in an enclosure

Question 5

SD
MiniSD
MicroSD
CompactFlash
Memory Stick

Answer 5

These are types of memory cards. They can go up to…
Original (25 MB/s)
UHS-1 (108 MB/s)
UHS-2 (312MB/s)
UHS-3 (624MB/s)

Question 6

Tape Drives

Answer 6

Mostly uses in servers. Uses a magnetic tape and is placed into a reader.

Standard Type

140 GB data

LTO Ultrium Tape

3TB data

Question 7

removable mass storage

Answer 7

device that can store data and can be carried

Question 8

CD (Compact Disc)
DVD (Digital Versatile Disc)
BD (Blue-ray Disc)

Answer 8

CD
-Oldest form of optical drive that stores up to 80 minutes of music (650MB - 700MB)

DVD
-Stores 4.7GB or 8.4 GB (Dual Layer)

BD
-Stores 25 GB or 50 GB (DL)

Question 9

Types of optical drives…

Answer 9

Read-only (ROM)
Write-Once (R)
Write-many/Erasable (RW/RAM/RE)

Question 10

Optical drives speeds are measured using…

Answer 10

the X-rating

CD (1X = 150 KB/s)

1X = Music
2X/4X/16X24X = Data
52X drive is 150 KB/s multiplied by 52

DVD (1X = 1.385 MB/s)

Blu-ray (1X = 4.5 MB/s)

Question 11

IMPORTANT: Memorize storage sizes for CD, DVD, BD

Answer 11

CD = 650 - 700 MB
DVD = 4.7 GB or 8.4 GB (DL)
Blue-ray = 25GB or 50 GB (DL)