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1.2 Types of storage media (Hard Disk ((Storage capacity- 500gb to 1tb +,…
1.2 Types of storage media
Hard Disk
Storage capacity- 500gb to 1tb +
Cost- £25
Robustness- fairly strong
Access to data- you can access it anytime but it must be on the computer
Mutability- yes, you can edit
They have a large capacity
They are fairly cheap
You can easily make edits
External Hard disk
Storage capacity- 1tb
Cost- £50
Robustness- strong difficult to damage
Access to data- you can access it anywhere just plug it in
Mutability- very, because you can edit anywhere
SD Card
Storage capacity - 32,64,128 gb
Cost- £100
Robustness- very small and fragile
Access to data- Anywhere
Mutability- very,can do it anywhere
Magnetic tape backup
Storage capacity - Up to 1TB
Cost - Around £33
Robustness - can last for an average of 5 years
Access to data - quite big an not as suitable as an external hard drive to carry around
Mutability-
CD-ROM
Storage capacity-100 folds
Cost - fairly cheap
Robustness - fragile
Access to data-very portable
Mutability- you can use this with any device which has a cd drive
CD-RW
Storage capacity-100 folds
Cost- cheap
Robustness -very fragile
Access to data - very portable
Mutability - you can use this with any device with any device which has a cd drive