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Chapter 3 Storage Devices and Media

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Storage devices and media

Section 1 – Chapter 3

By: Nageeb Yahya


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Candidates should be able to:
▸ Define the storage devices/drive and storage medium/disk
▸ What is data backup, why we need to backup data?
▸ How the computer access the data
▸ What does mean the primary and secondary storage?
▸ Identify storage devices and their uses
▹ magnetic storage devices and their types
▹ optical storage media and their types
▹ solid state storage and their types
▹ Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the above devices

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Play Play
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What is the difference between storage device and
storage medium
▸ storage medium: The device that actually holds the data

▸ storage device : The device that save/ write data onto the storage medium, or
reads data from it.

Secondary Storage devices (Backup) data is stored permanently (non-


volatile) rewritable memory, so that it can be used again later.
Think about what we store:
Documents, Images, video, Music, Software, Games etc 5
Examples of Secondary storage(Backup) devices and
media

Drive + Media
Drive
Drive + Media

Drive + Media

Drive + Media
Media
Media

Play Play

Drive and Media


are separated Media 6
3.1 Data Backup (case study)

Solution
System is crashed Data Backup

▸ Data backup: copying of files/ data to a different medium in case of a problem with the main
secondary storage device such as ( HDD disk, tape, flash drive,CD) 7
Data Storage Capacity (digital data)
▸ The computer store the data in digital format (binary 0,1) Bit = one digit
▸ Storage size or file size : measured by byte/ kb / Mb/ Gb
▸ bit = 0 or 1 Byte = 8 bits character A = 1 byte size A= 0100 0001
▸ The space is considered as a character
Byte = 8 bits

Example: Click here to show how data is stored


ICT
▸ ICT exam
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SSD 1TB

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Secondary storage
▸ Magnetic storage : data stored in a magnetic form . Magnetic material is coated
on the surface.
▸ Example: HDD, External HDD and Tape drive

▸ Optical storage : data stored as a series of pits and lands (0,1).


▸ It uses Red/ Blue Laser light to read / write data on the surface of the disk.
▸ Example: CD / DVD / Blue ray drive

▸ Solid state storage : data stored as electron charge in chip (transistor) .


▸ Example: SSD, Pen drive, SD card, memory stick and CFast reader

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Magnetic storage
1-HDD (Hard Disk Drive) N S

▸ 1-Fixed Hard Disk Drives (HDD):


▸ electro-mechanical storage device
that read and write data using head on
magnetic storage medium (Disk).
▸ The digital data stored in magnetic
form as 1 or 0.
▸ it is located inside the computer
(internal hardware).
▸ 2-Portable HDD: This device connects to the
Play computer using the USB Port.
▸ Transfer files between computers
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Magnetic storage
2-Tape Drive
▸ Magnetic tape strip: is a medium for magnetic recording.
▸ made of :thin strip of plastic film coated by magnetic.
▸ Capacity: Huge storage capacity
▸ Uses: Large organizations make daily backups of data such
as bank, Google, Facebook, Amazon.

Play

▸ Tape drive stores the data in magnetic form in the strip


tape that represent 1s and 0s
Play
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Optical storage media Play

CD / DVD / Blue-ray

ROM R RW

Read Only Memory Recordable Rewritable

Read many Read many Read many


No-write Write once only Write many
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Types of Optical storage media Play

Optical media

CD DVD Blue-ray
Compact Disk Digital Versatile Disc
secure encryption system

CD-ROM CD-R CD-RW DVD-ROM DVD-R DVD-RW

Capacity 700/800 MB 4.7 GB 25 GB


Single layer Dual layer 4 layers
HD Movies
Uses Audio track, File, software, drivers File, software, drivers, Movies games
can not copy
Review on CD/DVD media

Media ROM Recordable Rewritable


DVD-R
CD-ROM
CD-R
CD-RW
DVD-ROM
DVD-RW
DVD-RAM

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Solid state storage Play

▸ General characteristics :
▸ no moving parts
▸ Media : electronic chip millions of tiny transistors (Flash memory)
▸ The data is stored as 0s and 1s in millions of tiny transistors within the chip.
▸ Memory type: non-volatile rewritable memory

All SSDs have a limited lifespan due to write cycles


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Solid state Drive
▸ Solid state drives (SSD) :
▸ Uses: store files and software in a computer
▸ Data access: Fast compared to HDD
▸ Capacity: high capacity

▸ Pen/ Flash drives (Portable) :


▸ Uses: store files and transferee files between
computers
▸ Capacity: Low capacity
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Solid state media (Card)
▸ xD Card (eXtreme Digital):
▸ Uses: Old technology (certain manufacturer) , store
media in digital camera
▸ Drive: Card Reader built-in camera.
▸ Capacity: Max 2GB

▸ SD / Micro SD Card (Secure Digital):


▸ Uses: store media in smartphone, tablet and digital
camera
▸ Drive: need Card Reader (built-in smartphone).
▸ Capacity: high capacity/Fast access (128Mb-128TB)
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Solid state media
▸ CFast Card (Compact Flash):
▸ Uses: Gaming devices / Digital camera
▸ Drive: need Card Reader (built-in Game device/cam).
▸ Data access: Fast Size: Large
▸ Capacity: high up to 1TB

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Storage devices and media
Summary

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Appendix

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Comparison between Storage
Devices

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Comparison between Storage Media

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Comparison between Storage Media

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Solid State Storage

Volatile (Temp) None-Volatile (Permanent)


RAM-based Flash-based

NAND NOR
RAM (high capacity) (high speed)
Low speed Low capacity

SSD Flash memory card ROM


Pen drive
Solid State Drive (EEPROM) (PROM)

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Past paper

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Answer

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