Selecting storage devices and storage media questions
Q1. You have been asked to compare a range of storage methods for computer data. What criteria could you use to compare them?
Q2. Write out these numbers in bytes: 2 Kilobytes, 14 Megabytes, 4 Gigabytes and 2 Terabytes.
Q3. Suggest a suitable method to back-up users’ data on a large network (200 PCs) each evening, explaining why you have chosen that method.
Q4. What is the main difference in the way that a CD-ROM and a CD R/W is used?
Q5. What is meant by ‘cloud storage’? Describe how a company would back-up their data using cloud storage.
Q6. What type of technology does a pen drive use?
Q7. What is meant by a 'mirror' hard drive?
Q8. Why are mirror hard drives used in computer systems?
Q9. What is the term 'raid' used for in relation to computer storage?
Q10. What do you call a computer that is on a network but doesn't have its own hard drive?