Chapter 2 Student 12 Flashcards
Which RAID is also known as disk striping? Pg 92
RAID 0
Which RAID is also known as disk mirroring? Pg 93
RAID 1
RAID 5 combines the benefits of what two RAID sets? Pg 93
RAID 0 and RAID 1
If you wanted to use RAID 6, how many hard drives would you need to use? Pg 93
4 hard drives
An older form of removable storage is the Tape Backup. These devices can be installed internally or externally and uses either ____________ or _____________ magnetic tape medium instead of disks for storage. Pg 94
Digital or Analog
T or F, Flash Memory is one of the most diverse mediums for storing data. Pg 95
True, they come in all types of various physical sizes.
These smaller devices require some form of removable solid state memory that can be used for temporary and permanent storage of digital information. Pg 95
What are Secure Digital (SD) cards
T or F, Small devices , like a mobile phone also can use a SD solution, such as a miniSD or micro SD card. Pg 95
True
What year was the Memory Stick introduced? Pg 96
1998
What happens when you plug a USB flash drive in a computer? Pg 99
Once inserted, the device will announce themselves to Windows Explorer as a removable drive and show up in the explorer with a drive letter.
Before USB how would you connect an external drive to a computer? Pg 99
You would have used a SCSI or proprietary adapter and/or interface cable, or the RS 232 serial or parallel port.
T or F, USB attached External Disk Drives are only powered by external power because they are recognized as mass storage devices. Pg 100
False. Hard drives can be powered by the USB or external if the hard drive requires it.
T or F, eSATA attached external disk drives require external power. Pg 101
True
What is RAID? Pg 92
Redundant Array of Independent Disks. It’s a way of combining the storage power of more than one hard disk for a special purpose, such as increased performance or fault tolerance.
What is daisy chaining? Pg 90
External cabling that runs from adapter to a device then another device.
