Types of information storage media

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  • Created on: 27-03-17 09:40
Paper Advantages- Cheap- No need for electricity
Disadvantages- can be destroyed easily, can be lost easily
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Optical media advantages- Can be replicated very easily- Cheap- Very portable
Disadvantages- Can be broken easily, not robust
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Magnetic media advantages- Good value for money, Cheap
Disadvantages- not robust, not as portable as some other types of media storage
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Solid State drives Advantages- Very Fast and robust
Disadvantages- Very bad value for money compared to other storage media
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Portable solid state device advantages- Very portable, Robust, Fast
Disadvantages- Bad value for money as storage size costs a lot more per GB than any other storage media
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Disadvantages- Can be broken easily, not robust

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Optical media advantages- Can be replicated very easily- Cheap- Very portable

Card 3

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Disadvantages- not robust, not as portable as some other types of media storage

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Card 4

Front

Disadvantages- Very bad value for money compared to other storage media

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Card 5

Front

Disadvantages- Bad value for money as storage size costs a lot more per GB than any other storage media

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