Storage Device Notes

Storage Media

In general, mass storage technologies are grouped into three broad categories:

• Magnetic Media (Hard Disks and Tapes)
• Non-volatile memory (flash)
• Optical media

Various HDD Forms

Length of the drive

• 3.5"
• 2.5"
• 1.8"

Different types of drives (will mostly be seeing SATA)

"SCSI" - Small Computer System Interface

• AKA Scuzzy