Exam 3: Storage

SSDs are not subject to mechanical failures like magnetic hard drives, and are more resistant to shock and vibration.

Some ____________________ sites have an automatic backup option that uploads the files in designated folders on your computer to your cloud account at regular specified intervals.

____________________ refers to using a storage device that is not connected directly to the user's computer.

The surface of a hard disk is organized into tracks and pie-shaped groups of ____.

____________________ are hard drives that use flash memory chips instead of magnetic disks.

To keep files organized, related documents are often stored in ____ (also called directories) located on the storage medium.

"Tracking up data" refers to creating a second copy of important files.

Virtually all computer users will need at least one convenient USB port to be used to connect external hard drives, USB flash drives, printers, mice, and other USB-based hardware.

A(n) ____________________ stores copies of data or programs that are located on the hard drive and that might be needed soon in memory in order to avoid having to retrieve the data or programs from the hard drive when they are requested.

Discuss embedded flash memory and its uses.

There are two parts to any storage system: the storage processor and the storage device. _________________________

Optical discs are thin circular discs made out of polycarbonate substrate. _________________________

Although cost is a factor when comparing similar devices, it is often not the most compelling reason to choose a particular technology.

Using a remote storage device via a local network is referred to as ____________________.

USB flash drives consist of flash memory media integrated into a self-contained unit that connects to a computer or other device via  a(n) ____________________ port and is powered via that port.

One type of storage device that is sometimes used with computers for backup purposes and that uses sequential access is a ____.

Some new personal computers come with two partitions: a C drive partition ready to use for programs and data and a D drive partition set up as a recovery partition.

Levels beyond RAID 1 use some combination of disk striping and disk ____________________, with different types of error correction provisions.

In addition to tracks, sectors, and clusters, hard drives are also organized into ____________________.

Partitions are sometimes referred to as ____.