SSD Form Factors and NVMe

Questions and Answers

What is the primary purpose of the NVMe specification?

To provide a standard interface for USB flash drives

To reduce the power consumption of SSDs

To improve the performance of magnetic HDDs

To standardize the interface between SSDs and motherboards (correct)

What is a characteristic of Solid State Hybrid Drives (SSHDs)?

They are more expensive than SSDs

They are slower than magnetic HDDs

They combine a magnetic HDD with onboard flash memory (correct)

They require special drivers to function

What is a common use case for flash drives?

As a permanent storage solution for large files

As a boot device for operating systems

As a removable storage device for transferring data (correct)

As a replacement for magnetic HDDs

What is a characteristic of M.2 modules?

They use a special socket Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary advantage of NVMe over traditional SSD interfaces?

Faster data transfer rates Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic of optical drives?

They use lasers to read and write data on optical media Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic of Blu-ray Disc (BD) media?

It has a higher storage capacity than CD and DVD media Signup and view all the answers

What is a common use case for Expansion cards?

To add additional features to a computer system Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary difference between SATA 1, SATA 2, and SATA 3?

The data transfer speeds Signup and view all the answers

Which type of storage device uses removable 3.5 inch floppy disks?

Floppy Disk Drive (FDD) Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic of Solid-State Drives (SSDs)?

They have no moving parts and make no noise Signup and view all the answers

What is the unit of measurement for the speed of Hard Disk Drives (HDDs)?

Revolution per minute (RPM) Signup and view all the answers

What type of error can ECC – Error Correction Code memory correct in memory?

Single bit errors Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of Tape Drives?

Archiving data Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of an adapter card?

To increase the functionality of a computer by adding controllers for specific devices Signup and view all the answers

Which type of storage represents binary values as magnetized or non-magnetized physical areas of magnetic media?

Magnetic Media Storage Signup and view all the answers

What type of expansion slot is commonly used for video adapter or display adapter?

AGP Signup and view all the answers

What is a benefit of Solid-State Drives (SSDs) compared to Hard Disk Drives (HDDs)?

SSDs are more energy efficient Signup and view all the answers

What type of data storage device is designed to permanently store user data, user applications and the Operating System?

Data drives Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic of Hard Disk Drives (HDDs)?

They have drive motors designed to spin magnetic platters and move the drive heads Signup and view all the answers

What type of connection is used to connect storage devices inside a computer to the motherboard?

Serial AT Attachment (SATA) Signup and view all the answers

What type of storage device uses optical media?

CD and DVD Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of a video capture card?

To capture video from a external device Signup and view all the answers

What is the main difference between SATA and Parallel ATA (EIDE)?

SATA is serial, Parallel ATA (EIDE) is parallel Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Storage Devices

Data drives provide non-volatile storage of data, designed to permanently store user data, user applications, and the Operating System.
Data storage devices can be classified according to the media on which the data is stored: Magnetic, Solid state, and Optical.

SSDs

SSDs come in three form factors: Disc drive form factor, Expansion cards, and mSata or M.2 modules.
Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) specification allows SSDs to attach to the PCIe bus without requiring special drivers.
Solid State Hybrid Drives (SSHDs) are a compromise between a magnetic HDD and an SSD, combining a magnetic HDD with onboard flash memory serving as a non-volatile cache.

Optical Storage Devices

Optical drives are removable media storage devices that use lasers to read and write data on optical media.
There are three types of optical drives: Compact Disc (CD), Digital Versatile Disc (DVD), and Blu-ray Disc (BD).
CD, DVD, and BD media can be pre-recorded (read only), recordable (write once), or re-recordable (read and write multiple times).

Magnetic Media Storage

Magnetic media storage represents binary values as magnetized or non-magnetized physical areas of magnetic media.
Common types of magnetic media storage drives include: Hard Disk Drive (HDD), Tape Drive, and Floppy Disk Drive (FDD).
HDDs have drive motors designed to spin magnetic platters and move the drive heads, with speeds measured in revolutions per minute (e.g., 5400rpm, 7200rpm, 10,000rpm).
Tape drives use a magnetic read/write head and removable tape cartridge, with common storage capacities varying between a few GBs to many TBs.

Adapter Cards

Adapter cards increase the functionality of a computer by adding controllers for specific devices or by replacing malfunctioning ports.
Common adapter cards include: Sound adapter, Network Interface Card (NIC), Wireless NIC, Video adapter or display adapter, and Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller card.
Computers have expansion slots on the motherboard to install adapter cards, including Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI), Mini-PCI, PCI eXtended (PCI-X), PCI Express (PCIe), Riser card, and Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP).

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This quiz covers the different form factors of Solid-State Drives (SSDs) and the Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) specification. Learn about the various types of SSDs and their applications.