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This document is a chapter on secondary storage from a computing textbook. It covers various topics like primary vs. secondary storage, hard disk characteristics, optical storage, solid-state storage, and cloud storage.

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Because learning changes everything. ® Secondary Storage Chapter 7 Computing Essentials O’Leary © 2021 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Authorized only for instructor use in the classroom. No reproduction or further distribution permitted w...

Because learning changes everything. ® Secondary Storage Chapter 7 Computing Essentials O’Leary © 2021 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Authorized only for instructor use in the classroom. No reproduction or further distribution permitted without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. Learning Objectives 1. Distinguish between primary and secondary storage. 2. Identify the important characteristics of secondary storage, including media, capacity, storage devices, and access speed. 3. Describe hard-disk platters, tracks, sectors, cylinders, and head crashes. 4. Compare internal and external hard drives. 5. Compare performance enhancements, including disk caching, RAID, file compression, and file decompression. 6. Define optical storage, including compact discs, digital versatile discs, and Blu-ray discs. 7. Define solid-state storage, including solid-state drives, flash memory cards, and USB drives. 8. Define cloud storage and cloud storage services. 9. Describe mass storage, mass storage devices, enterprise storage systems, and storage area networks. © McGraw-Hill Education 2 Introduction Data storage has expanded from text and numeric files to include digital music files, photographic files, video files, and much more. These new types of files require secondary storage devices with much greater capacity. In this chapter, you learn about the many types of secondary storage devices, including their capabilities and limitations. © McGraw-Hill Education Sturti/Getty Images 3 Storage Primary storage is: Volatile storage Loses content when the computer loses power Temporary storage Random Access Memory (RAM) smaller capacity Secondary storage is: Nonvolatile storage Stores programs and data regardless of power Permanent storage Permanently saves information for future use and larger capacity © McGraw-Hill Education 4 Secondary Storage Characteristics Media Physical material that holds data and programs Capacity Measures how much the media can hold Storage devices (drives) Hardware that reads data and programs from storage media Access speed Amount of time required to retrieve data & programs from storage media Writing/Reading- process of saving/accessing information from media © McGraw-Hill Education wisawa222/Shutterstock 5 Solid Stage Storage Solid Flash USB State Memory Drives Drives Cards © McGraw-Hill Education 6 Hard Disks Save files by altering the magnetic charges of the disk’s surface to represent 1s and 0s Use rigid, metallic platters that are stacked one on top of one another Store and organize files using tracks, sectors, and cylinders Density refers to how tightly these charges can be packed next to one another on the disk Track: rings of concentrated circles Sectors: wedge shaped sections of track Cylinders: runs through each track of a stack of platters © McGraw-Hill Education Figure 7-6 7 Types of Hard Disks Internal Hard Drive External Hard Drive Network Drive © McGraw-Hill Education 8 Performance Enhancement Techniques Technique Description Disk caching Users cache and anticipates data needs. Similar to cache memory; between storage and memory RAID Redundant arrays of inexpensive disk; improves expanded storage capability, fast access speed, and high reliability Hybrid drives storage drives that contain both solid- state storage and hard disks File Reduces file size and expands compression & compressed files decompression OS has built-in utilities & specl. utilities ex: WinZip © McGraw-Hill Education 9 Optical Disks Hold over 128 gigabytes (GB) of data laser beam alters the surface of a plastic or metallic disc to represent data. 1s and 0s are represented by flat areas called lands and bumpy areas called pits on the disc surface. Use reflected light to represent data Use tracks and sectors to organize and store files but only use a single track that spirals outward from the center of equal size Format Total Capacity Description CD 700 MB Once the standard optical disc DVD 4.7 GB Current standard BD 50 GB Hi-def format, large capacity UHD BD 100 GB 4K Video © McGraw-Hill Education 10 Optical Disk Types Type Access Description ROM Read only-memory Cannot be written to or erased R Recordable Can be written to RW or RAM Rewritable or random- Can be written to and erasable access memory © McGraw-Hill Education 11 Cloud Storage The Internet acts as a “cloud” of servers Applications provided as a service rather than a product Supplied by servers that provide cloud storage or online storage Company Location Dropbox www.dropbox.com Google Drive.google.com Microsoft onedrive.live.com Amazon Amazon.com/cloud Apple www.icloud.com © McGraw-Hill Education Google Inc. 12 Cloud Storage Comparison Advantages Disadvantages © McGraw-Hill Education 13 Making IT Work for You ~ Cloud Storage Using a cloud storage service makes it easy to upload and share files with anyone. What What will What How do hardware you tools will you want do you store? you use? to share? have? © McGraw-Hill Education 14 Mass Storage Devices To meet the needs of organizations requiring large amounts of secondary storage requirements Enterprise storage system Safe use of data across an organizational network Devices include: File servers Networked attached storage (NAS) RAID systems Organizational cloud storage © McGraw-Hill Education (top-left): Gravvi/Shutterstock; (top-right): ©Copyright 2015, CRU Acquisition Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved; (bottom-right): 300dpi/Shutterstock. 15 Storage Area Network (SAN) Architecture to link remote computer storage devices User’s computer provides file system, but SAN provides disk space House data in remote locations and still allow efficient and secure access © McGraw-Hill Education Akkraraj kangrang/Shutterstock; SNP_SS/Shutterstock; Microstocker13/Shutterstock 16 Careers in IT Disaster recovery specialists are responsible for recovering systems and data after a disaster strokes General employer requirements Bachelor’s or associate’s degree in computer science or information systems Experience in the field and skills in networking, security and DBA Communication and skills and be able to handle high-stress situations Annual salary of $47 K to $97 K © McGraw-Hill Education 17 A Look to the Future Next Generation Storage In the future, your photos and videos may be stored using heat, lasers, or even DNA. Both magnetic disk manufacturers and flash memory researchers are working on increasing storage without increasing physical size. © McGraw-Hill Education Kirill Kedrinski/123RF 18 Open Ended Questions 1. Compare primary storage and secondary storage, and discuss the most important characteristics of secondary storage. 2. Discuss hard disks, including density, platters, tracks, sectors, cylinders, head crashes, internal, external, and performance enhancements. 3. Discuss solid-state storage including solid-state drives, flash memory, and USB drives. 4. Discuss optical disks including pits, lands, CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray, and hi def. 5. Discuss cloud computing and cloud storage. 6. Describe mass storage devices, including enterprise storage systems, file servers, network attached storage, RAID systems, organizational cloud storage, and storage area network systems. © McGraw-Hill Education 19 End of Main Content Because learning changes everything. ® www.mheducation.com © 2021 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Authorized only for instructor use in the classroom. No reproduction or further distribution permitted without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

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