Magnetic Storage
Magnetic Storage Devices
Magnetic-Storage-Devices-Revision-Sheet
Magnetic HDD With spinning platter in view
These are the oldest of the commonly used storage devices, but are still the most widely used.
- Magnetic Hard Drives are used to store data and programs on desktops and laptops
- Magnetic tape drives are usually used for large server / systems backups.
Advantages
- Cheap Storage per MB (especially tape drives!)
- Relatively quick read / write speeds.
Disadvantages
- Easily broken if dropped
- Slow read /write compared to new SSD drives.
- High energy uses as it uses moving parts (lower battery life on laptops)