ITM 315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sata Express, Disk Storage, Secure Digital
31 Mar 2018
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Generally, storage is considered any medium data can be written to and retrieved from. Secure digital (sd) cards and compact flash (cf) Local storage - storage media with a direct, exclusive connection to the computer"s. Server storage is based on hard disk drives (hdds) Solid state drive (ssd) - uses flash memory and the same type of high-speed interfaces as. Has no moving parts, requires less power, and is faster and more resistant to shock than. Operating system files - the os itself requires a good bit of storage. Page file - used as virtual memory and to store dump data after a system crash. Log files - change size dynamically depending on how system is used. Virtual machines - need space to store file for virtual hard disks. User documents - might be the largest use of disk space. Network-attached storage (nas) - has an enclosure, power supply, slots for multiple.
