This document discusses and compares various storage media devices including tape drives, optical discs, solid state drives, and portable music players. Tape drives are cheaper than disks but have slower access, while optical discs like CDs and DVDs can hold more data than floppy disks but have slower transfer rates than hard disks. Solid state drives are more compact and robust than hard disks but are more expensive per gigabyte. The document provides advantages and disadvantages of each storage medium.

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4. Advantages Disadvantages
Cheaper than using disks Slow access
Robust + encased in a In order to update, a new
cartridge tape needs to be created.
Easier to remove + keep
away from the computer
Data transfer is fast
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5. Advantages Disadvantages
Data transfer rate is fast Easily damaged.
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6. Advantages Disadvantages
Data access time is fast Dropping could damage them
Data transfer rate is fast Transfer rate is not as fast as the
transfer rate for Fixed hard Disk
drives.
Large capacity More expensive
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Advantages Disadvantages
DVD has a greater capacity then a Data transfer rates are slower than a hard
CD disks’
CDs are cheaper to buy Data access times are longer than a hard
disks'
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8. Optical backing storage media:
Advantages Disadvantages
Cheaper than CD/DVD Can only be recorded on
RW s once.
Once they are used; Not all CD players
there is no chance that recognize CD R s
by accident something
will rewrite over it.
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9. Optical backing storage media:
Advantages Disadvantages
Can be used more than once. Cost makes them impractical for
use.
Different versions of the files can Files can be over written by
be written. accident
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10. Optical backing storage media:
Advantages Disadvantages
Greater capacity than CD and DVDs Not compatible with most DVD players
More durable than DVDs More expensive than other types of
DVD media.
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11. Optical backing storage media:
Advantages Disadvantages
Store more than other Very expensive
optical media
Data transfers are high Problems with encrypting.
Access speeds are higher
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12. Optical backing storage media:
Advantages Disadvantages
Can be recorded over more times Slower transfer rates
than any other media.
More robust than other optical Hold less data than other music
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13. Solid state backing storage:
Advantages Disadvantages
More compact More expensive per GB.
More robust Cannot be protected.
Do not need software drivers to
operate
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14. Optical backing storage media:
Advantages Disadvantages
More compact More expensive per GB
Can only be used for a
particular number of options
Lower storage capacity then
hard disks.
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