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Select and Install Storage Devices Flashcards

3.3 Given a scenario, select and install storage devices.

1
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Storage devices that hold data when the system is powered off

A

Non-volatile storage devices

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2
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What are the 3 types of mass storage technologies?

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magnetic, optical, or solid-state technology

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3
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A mass storage device installed as an internal component

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Fixed disk

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4
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Allows you to fit a drive of a different size to the bay

A

Adapter caddy

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5
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What are the standard widths of storage devices?

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5.25 inches, 3.5 inches, and 2.5 inches

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6
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uses flash memory technology to implement persistent mass storage; Risks from total failure of the device due to mechanical shock and wear are generally lower. Costs per gigabyte have fallen rapidly in the last few years

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Solid-state drive (SSD)

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7
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evenly distribute writing on all blocks of an SSD to optimize the life of the device

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wear leveling

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8
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Form factor communications interface with 600 MBps to plug in an SSD to a combined data and power port

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mSATA

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9
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What is the transfer rate to a SSD?

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6.7 GB/s

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10
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stores data on metal or glass platters that are coated with
a magnetic substance. The top and bottom of each platter is accessed by its own read/write head, moved by an actuator mechanism. The platters are mounted on a spindle and spun at high speed. Each side of each platter is divided into circular tracks, and a track contains several sectors

A

Hard disk drive (HDD)

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11
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What is the capacity of a sector on an HDD?

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512 bytes

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12
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What are the average speeds of an HDD in rpm?

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7,200 or 5,400 rmp

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What are the speeds of a high performance HDD?

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15,000 or 10,000 rpm

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14
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What are the two main form factors for HDDs?

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3.5” for desktop PCs; 2.5” for laptops and as external drives

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To mitigate the risks of data loss, the disks that underpin the mass storage system can be provisioned as this type of drive configuration

A

redundant array of independent disks (RAID

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16
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Drive configuration that divides data into blocks and spreads the blocks in a fixed order among all the disks in the array. This improves performance as multiple disks are available to service requests in parallel; aka striping without parity

A

RAID 0

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17
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How many disks does a RAID 0 drive configuration need?

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at least 2 disks

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18
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What is the logical volume size of a RAID 0 drive configuration?

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the total of the smallest capacity physical disk

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a mirrored drive configuration using two disks; Each write operation
is duplicated on the second disk in the set, introducing a small performance overhead. A read operation can use either disk, boosting performance somewhat. This strategy is the simplest way of protecting a single disk against failure. If one disk fails, the other takes over

A

RAID 1

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20
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What is the disk utilization for a RAID 1 configuration?

21
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Error correction information is spread across all the disks in the
array of a RAID

A

Distributed parity

22
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Uses striping but with distributed parity; Stripe sets with parity offer
the best performance for read operations

23
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How many disks does a RAID 5 require?

A

Minimum of 3

24
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A logical striped volume configured with two mirrored arrays; offers excellent fault tolerance

25
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How many disks does a RAID 10 configuration require?

A

Minimu of 4, and must be an even number

26
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What is the disk utilization for a RAID 10 configuration?

27
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Can refer either to a storage device that can be moved from computer to computer without having to open the case or to storage media that is removable from its drive

A

Removable storage

28
Q

Enclosures connected directly to a network rather than to a PC

A

Network attached storage (NAS)

29
Q

What is the maximum capacity for an original SD card?

30
Q

What is the maximum capacity for an SDHC?

31
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What is the maximum capacity for an SDXC?

32
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What is the speed of the original specification SD card?

A

up to 25 MBps

33
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What is the speed of the UHS SD card?

A

up to 108 MBps

34
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What is the speed of the UHS-II SD card?

A

up to 156 MBps full-duplex or 312 MBps half-duplex

35
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What is the speed of the UHS-III SD card?

A

FD 312 MBps and FD 624 MBps

36
Q

Storage drives that use a laser to read the data encoded on the disc surface

A

Optical drives

37
Q

Type of optical drive that can be written to once only in a single session

A

Basic recordable media

38
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Type of optical drive that can be written to in more than one session, but data cannot be erased

A

Multisession recordable media

39
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Type of optical drive that can be written and erased in multiple sessions, up to a given number of write cycles

A

Rewritable media

40
Q

What is the maximum capacity of a CD, available in both recordable (CD-R) and rewritable (CD-RW) formats

41
Q

What is the base transfer rate of a CD

42
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What is the capacity of single layer, single sided disc DVD?

43
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What is the capacity of a dual-layer, double-sided disc DVD?

44
Q

What is the base transfer rate for a DVD?

45
Q

What is the capacity of a Blu-ray disc?

A

25 GB per layer

46
Q

What is the base speed for a Blu-ray?

A

4.5 MBps, maximum theoretical rate is 16x (72 MBps)

47
Q

means that a disc can only be used on a player from the same region

A

Region coding

48
Q

True or false? A solid-state drive (SSD) attached to an M.2 port must be using the non-volatile memory host controller interface specification (NVMHCI) or NVM Express (NVMe).

A

False. M.2 is a physical form factor and can support both SATA and NVMe interfaces.

CompTIA A+ 1101 MGM (11 decks)

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