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    This document is from a chapter about secondary storage devices. It discusses the need for secondary storage due to limitations of primary storage like limited capacity and volatility. It provides learning objectives about classifying and understanding the basic principles and uses of common secondary storage devices like magnetic tapes, disks, and optical disks. These objectives also include other related concepts such as RAID, jukeboxes, and storage hierarchies.

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    This document is from a chapter about secondary storage devices. It discusses the need for secondary storage due to limitations of primary storage like limited capacity and volatility. It provides learning objectives about classifying and understanding the basic principles and uses of common secondary storage devices like magnetic tapes, disks, and optical disks. These objectives also include other related concepts such as RAID, jukeboxes, and storage hierarchies.

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    Chapter 08-Secondary Storage

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    This document is from a chapter about secondary storage devices. It discusses the need for secondary storage due to limitations of primary storage like limited capacity and volatility. It provides learning objectives about classifying and understanding the basic principles and uses of common secondary storage devices like magnetic tapes, disks, and optical disks. These objectives also include other related concepts such as RAID, jukeboxes, and storage hierarchies.

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    Computer Fundamentals: Pradeep K.

    Sinha & Priti SinhaComputer


    Fundamentals: Pradeep K. Sinha & Priti Sinha

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    Computer Fundamentals: Pradeep K. Sinha & Priti SinhaComputer
    Fundamentals: Pradeep K. Sinha & Priti Sinha
    Learning Objectives

    In this chapter you will learn about:

    § Secondary storage devices and their need

    § Classification of commonly used secondary storage


    devices

    § Difference between sequential and direct access


    storage devices

    § Basic principles of operation, types, and uses of


    popular secondary storage devices such as magnetic
    tape, magnetic disk, and optical disk

    (Continued on next slide)

    Ref Page 117 Chapter 8: Secondary Storage Devices Slide 2/98


    Computer Fundamentals: Pradeep K. Sinha & Priti SinhaComputer
    Fundamentals: Pradeep K. Sinha & Priti Sinha
    Learning Objectives
    (Continued from previous slide..)

    § Commonly used mass storage devices

    § Introduction to other related concepts such as RAID,


    Jukebox, storage hierarchy, etc.

    Ref Page 117 Chapter 8: Secondary Storage Devices Slide 3/98


    Computer Fundamentals: Pradeep K. Sinha & Priti SinhaComputer
    Fundamentals: Pradeep K. Sinha & Priti Sinha
    Limitations of Primary Storage

    § Limited capacity because the cost per bit of storage


    is high

    § Volatile - data stored in it is lost when the electric


    power is turned off or interrupted

    Ref Page 117 Chapter 8: Secondary Storage Devices Slide 4/98


    Computer Fundamentals: Pradeep K. Sinha & Priti SinhaComputer
    Fundamentals: Pradeep K. Sinha & Priti Sinha
    Secondary Storage

    § Used in a computer system to overcome the limitations


    of primary storage

    § Has virtually unlimited capacity because the cost per bit


    of storage is very low

    § Has an operating speed far slower than that of the


    primary storage

    § Used to store large volumes of data on a permanent


    basis

    § Also known as auxiliary memory

    Ref Page 117 Chapter 8: Secondary Storage Devices Slide 5/98

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