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Secondary storage devices are used for noncritical data that does not need to be accessed frequently in order to free up space on primary storage devices and lower overall storage costs. There are two main benefits to moving infrequently used data from primary to secondary storage: to free up capacity on primary storage and lower overall costs. Common secondary storage devices include hard disks, optical disks, flash drives, and memory cards.

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Types of Storage Devices Hard Disk

Secondary storage devices are used for noncritical data that does not need to be accessed frequently in order to free up space on primary storage devices and lower overall storage costs. There are two main benefits to moving infrequently used data from primary to secondary storage: to free up capacity on primary storage and lower overall costs. Common secondary storage devices include hard disks, optical disks, flash drives, and memory cards.

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Secondary storage devices

Secondary storage is storage for noncritical data that does not need to be frequently accessed.
It trades high performance for economical long-term archiving. Data that is accessed less
frequently can be migrated to secondary storage devices to free up space and improve
performance on primary storage  devices and lower overall storage costs. Types of secondary
storage include devices for backup and archiving.

There are two main benefits to moving infrequently used data from primary storage to
secondary storage: to free capacity on primary storage and to lower overall storage costs.

Types of storage devices


Hard disk

A hard disk drive [HDD], commonly referred to as a hard drive, hard disk or fixed disk
drive. It is a non-volatile secondary storage device which stores digitally encoded data on
rapidly rotating platters with magnetic surfaced. The hard disk is an electro mechanical
device. The hard disk is also known as Winchester disk. HDDs record data by magnetizing
a ferromagnetic material directionally to represent either a “0” or “1” binary digit. They read
the data by detecting the magnetization of the material.

Optical disk
An optical disk is any computer disk that uses optical storage techniques and technology to
read and write data. It is a computer storage disk that stores data digitally and uses laser
beams (transmitted from a laser head mounted on an optical disk drive) to read and write
data.

Compact disks (CD), digital versatile/video disks (DVD) and Blu-ray disks are currently the
most commonly used forms of optical disks. These disks are generally used to:

 Distribute software to customers


 Store large amounts of data such as music, images and videos
 Transfer data to different computers or devices
 Back up data from a local machine

Flash drive (USB flash drive)


A USB flash drive is a device used for data storage that includes a flash memory and an
integrated Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface. Most USB flash drives are removable and
rewritable. Physically, they are small, durable and reliable. The larger their storage space, the
faster they tend to operate. USB flash drives are mechanically very robust because there are
no moving parts. They derive the power to operate from the device to which they are
connected (typically a computer) via the USB port.

A USB flash drive may also be known as a flash drive or USB drive.

Memory/SD card
A Secure Digital card (SD card) is a non-volatile form of flash memory for portable and
mobile devices. Because it is not proprietary, SD card usage is widespread. SD cards are
located in thousands of consumer electronic device models, including mobile phones, digital
cameras, camcorders, tablets and portable audio players.

SD cards come in three compatible sizes, as follows:

 MicroSD (15 mm × 11 mm)


 MiniSD (21.5 mm × 20 mm)
 SD (32 mm × 24 mm)

Memory hierarchy
The memory hierarchy separates computer storage into a hierarchy based on response
time. Since response time, complexity, and capacity are related, the levels may also be
distinguished by their performance and controlling technologies.[1] Memory hierarchy
affects performance in computer architectural design, algorithm predictions, and lower
level programming constructs involving locality of reference.

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