OLeary2008CEComplete_Chapter8.pptVIP

Chapter 8 Secondary Storage Competencies (Page 1 of 2) Distinguish between primary and secondary storage Describe the traditional floppy disk and compare it to high capacity floppy disks Compare internal hard disks, hard-disk cartridges, and hard-disk packs Competencies (Page 2 of 2) Describe ways to improve hard-disk operations, including disk caching, redundant arrays of inexpensive disks, and data compression and decompression Discuss the different types of optical disks Describe solid-state storage, Internet drives, and magnetic tape Discuss mass storage and mass storage devices Introduction Data storage has expanded from text and numeric files to include digital music files, photographic files, video files, and much more. These new types of files require secondary storage devices with much greater capacity than floppy disks. In this chapter, you will learn about the many types of secondary storage devices including their capabilities and limitations. Storage Primary storage Volatile storage Temporary storage Secondary storage Nonvolatile storage Permanent storage Secondary storage characteristics Media Capacity Storage devices Access speed Secondary Storage Devices Most desktop microcomputer systems have floppy disks, hard disks, and optical disk drives Are used to save, back up, and transport data files and programs Floppy Disks Portable or removable storage media Typically used to store and transfer small word processing, spreadsheet, and other types of files Floppy disk drives (FDD) Store data and programs Retrieves data by reading electromagnetic charges Also called flexible disks and floppies Traditional Floppy Disk Most common type is 2HD “two-sided, high-density” Attributes Shutter Labels Write-protection notch Tracks Sectors High Capacity Floppy Disks Known as a floppy-disk cartridge Require special disk drives Most widely used is the Zip disk 100 MB, 250 MB or 750 MB capacity Used to store multimedia, database, large text, and spreadsheet file