Describe options for storing data in files

Question 1

What are the factors influencing data storage?

Answer 1

• The type of data being stored.
• The applications and services that will need to read, write, and process data.
• The need for the data files to be readable by humans or optimized for efficient storage processing.

Question 2

What are common file formats?

Answer 2

1. Delimited text files
2. JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)
3. Extensible Markup Language (XML) (<>)
4. Binary Large Objects (BLOB)

Question 3

What is BLOB?

Answer 3

All files are stored as binary data in a human-related formats; the bytes are mapped to printable characters. Note: some file formats such as images, are stored as raw binary and must be interpreted by applications and rendered.