Storage Media

Question 1

Optical media

Answer 1

• DVD/CD
• Blu Ray
• Disc games

Question 2

Advantage of optical media

Answer 2

• Can store a lot of data
• Portable
• Low cost per bit of storage
• Long media life
• High data stability

Question 3

Downside of optical media

Answer 3

• The discs can easily be scratched or damaged potentially loosing all of the data stored on them
• Slower data transferring rate
• Required specific drives to to write data to the discs

Question 4

Solid state

Answer 4

•USB Stick

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Question 5

Advantages of solid state

Answer 5

• Portable
• Has no moving parts meaning that less can break with the storage device
• Faster than hard disk drives
• Faster than a HDD

Question 6

Downside of solid state

Answer 6

• Can’t handle extreme heat
• More expensive than hard disk drives
• Poor availability
• Shorter lifespan than hard disk drives

Question 7

Magnetic media

Answer 7

•Hard drive

Question 8

Advantage of magnetic media

Answer 8

• Large and increasing capacity
• High transferring speed
• No data loss when device is powered off (non-volatile)

Question 9

Downside of magnetic media

Answer 9

• Often a larger device compared to a USB solid state drive making it less portable
• Possible damages to data loss to to ‘head’ crash
• Will eventually break due to it being mechanical

Question 10

Paper

Answer 10

Simply using paper as a data storage device