Secondary Storage Devices

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Muhammad Waseem
Magnetic Tape
 Magnetic Tape
Magnetic Tape is the most popular
storage medium that are accessed
and processed sequentially.
Structure:
• Magnetized recording material
• Plastic ribbon
• Length varies from 50-2400 ft
 Basic Principle of
Operation
• Storage Organization
• Storage Capacity
• Data Transfer rate
• Tape Drive
• Tape Controller
 Storage Organization
• Vertical columns called frames
• Horizontal rows called tracks
• Older magnetic tape with 6 tracks
• BCD code format
• Parity bit
• Most modern magnetic tape with 9
tracks
• EBCDIC code format
• IRG (inter record gaps)
• IBG (inter block gaps)
• Storage capacity
Storage capacity of a tape = Data recording density x
Length

• Data transfer rate

Data transfer rate = Data recording density x Tape
speed

• Tape Drive
Storage and retrieval of data

• Tape Controller
Read/Write of information
Interprets the command for operator tape drive
Storage Organization
 Types of Magnetic
Tapes
• 1/2 –inch tape reel
• 1/2-inch tape cartridge
• ¼-inch streamer tape
• 4mm-digital audio tape (DAT)
Half-Inch Tape Reel
Half-Inch Tape
Cartridge
Quarter-Inch Streamer
Tape
4mm Digital Audio Tape
(DAT)
 Advantages of
Magnetic Tape
• Storage Capacity is virtually
unlimited.
• Low Cost
• Portability
Limitations of Magnetic
Tape
• No Direct Access
• Slow
• Environment Problem
• Temperature Problem
• Must be labeled
 Uses of Magnetic Tape
• Sequentially data processing
• Back up of data
• Achieving of data
• Transferring of data and programs
• Distribution of software by vendors
Magnetic Disk
 Magnetic Disk
• Magnetic disk are the most popular
direct access secondary storage
device. They are also the most
popular online secondary storage
device.
 Basic Principles of
Operation
• Storage Organization
• Storage Capacity
• Access Mechanism
• Access Time
i. Seek Time
ii. Latency
iii. Transfer Rate
Storage Capacity
Storage Organization

SECTOR
Access Mechanism
 Basic Principle of
Operation
• Disk Formatting
• Disk Drive
• Disk Controller
Types of Magnetic
Disks
 Floppy Disk
• Floppy Disk (31/2-inch Floppy Disk)
 Storage of Data in 31/2
inch Floppy
• Double Density
40 tracks, 18 sectors/track, 512
bytes/sector
2 x 40 x 18 x 512 = 737280 => 720 KB
• High Density
80 tracks, 18 sectors/track, 512
bytes/sector
2 x 80 x 18 x 512 = 1474560 => 1.4 MB
• Very High Density
80 tracks, 36 sectors/track, 512
bytes/sector
Floppy Disk Drive
 Hard
Disk

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 Hard Disk
A primary online secondary
storage device.

They are ridge metal (aluminum)

platters comes in many sizes, range, 1-
14 inch diameter.
Part
s of
Har
d
Disk
 Types of Hard Disk

o Zip Disk o Disk Pack o Winchester Disk

 Advantages of
Magnetic Disks
• Direct Access
• Multiple Uses
• Suitable for online & offline storage of data
• Unlimited Storage Capacity
• Low Cost
• Light in weight & size
• Portable
• High Data Transfer Rate
• Less vulnerable to data corruption
Limitations of Magnetic
Disks
• Less efficient than magnetic tape
• Security of information
• Recovery of loss data
• Portability
• Expensive
• Environment as dust free
• Must be labeled
Uses of magnetic disks

• Random data processing

• Shared on line secondary storage devices
• Back up for off line data storage
• Archiving of data that may be used
occasionally
• Transferring of data between two computers
• Distribution of software by vendors
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Waseem Yousaf
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