Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Storage
- Optical
- Advantages
- Has good portability because its short and light
- Can store good amounts of data
- Very cheap
- Disadvantages
- Can easily break or be scratched
- Can sometimes not be reused
- May not be as good as other solid state or magnetic storage devices
- Features
- Data is burned onto the disks with lasers
- Lasers are also used as an output for the data as well
- Magnetic
- Advantages
- Can store data in big amounts quickly
- A magnetic tape can be used again and again repeatedly
- Generally inexpensive and budget friendly
- Disadvantages
- Can break since it has moving parts
- Data quality erodes over time
- special equipment needs to be bought to run magnetic devices
- Features
- Uses electric pulses to scan the media on the disc
- Has about 15 years lifespan
- Solid state
- Disadvantages
- Can be very expensive
- Very low chance of recovering lost data
- Use up a lot of power
- Advantages
- can usually store more than magnetic or optical devices
- Won't break easily
- Have lightweights components making them easier to carry
- Features