3.4 Systems Upgrades3 Outline3.2 PC Systems Components3.3 Disk drive selection

3.3 Disk drive selection

  1. Access time, transfer rate, cache, and capacity
  2. Reliability and RAID
  3. Drive interfaces
    1. IDE/ATA
    2. SATA (Serial ATA)
    3. Firewire and USB
    4. SCSI
    5. floppy
  4. Drive types
    1. Hard disks
    2. Solid State drives, Flash memory
    3. Optical disks CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, & DVD-R
Instructor: Louis Taber, louis.taber.at.pima at gmail dot com (520) 206-6850
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3.4 Systems Upgrades3 Outline3.2 PC Systems Components3.3 Disk drive selection