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Introduction to Computers Day 4

Introduction to Computers Day 4. Storage device. A functional unit into which data can be placed retained (stored) retrieved (accessed). Storage device. Main Parameters Location Internal storage External storage Capacity Speed Access Method. Storage devices.

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Introduction to Computers Day 4

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  1. Introduction to ComputersDay 4

  2. Storage device • A functional unit into which data can be • placed • retained (stored) • retrieved (accessed)

  3. Storage device • Main Parameters • Location • Internal storage • External storage • Capacity • Speed • Access Method

  4. Storage devices • Primary Storage (Main memory) always uses Random Access method. • Two methods for storing and accessing instructions or data in secondary (external) storage • direct access • Sequential access

  5. Random Access • Random Access means, that in any cell in the memory can be accessed in a fixed time irrespective of its physical location.

  6. Direct access • Direct access means that the data is stored in a specific location so that any data can be found quickly. e.g. Hard disk, floppy disk, CD-ROM. • Direct access is the most widely used storage method in external storage devices. The most common direct-access storage medium is the disk.

  7. Access Time • RAM • 60 nanoseconds (ns) or less to access memory locations in RAM • Secondary Storage • 7 to 9 milliseconds (ms) to access sectors in a hard disk

  8. Sequential access • Sequential access means that the data is stored and accessed in a set order, perhaps alphabetically or by date and time. The most common sequential storage medium is magnetic tape on reels or cassettes. • Sequential-access storage devices are used mostly for backup purposes. e.g. Reel-to-reel magnetic tape, Tape Cartridges

  9. Magnetic Diskette • First magnetic diskette was 8” with mini/mainframe computers • A thin flexible disk is permanently sealed within a rigged protective plastic cover • Sizes were evolved through 8”,5 1/4” & 3 1/2” (diameter) • Storage capacity is H/D L/D 3 1/2” 1.44 MB 720MB 5 1/4” 1.2 MB 360KB

  10. Track • On a data medium, a path on the recording surface associated with a single read/write head as the data medium moves past it.

  11. Sector • A predetermined angular part of a track or band on a magnetic drum or a magnetic disk, that can be addressed. Most industry-standard PCs use sectors which can store 128 or 256 or 512 or 1024 bytes of information

  12. The Sector Method tracks 12 1 2 11 Surface 0 track 1 sector 2 3 10 4 9 5 8 6 7 sectors

  13. Magnetic Diskette (3 1/2 inch) • Sector = 512 bytes • Track = 18 sectors = 18 * 512 bytes = 9.0Kb • Disk = Double sided = 2 * 80 tracks = 2 * 80 * 9.0 Kb = 1.44Mb • Size = 3 ½ inch • Capacity = 1.44 Mb • Access time = 275 ms • Rotational speed = 720 rpm

  14. Magnetic Diskette (5 1/4 inch) • Rotational speed = 360 revolutions per minute (rpm) • Two Read/write heads capable of addressing 80 cylinders per diskette at the speed of 3 ms from track to track • Average Access time = 80 milliseconds (ms) • Settling time = 15 ms

  15. Magnetic Disk (Hard Disk) • REMOVABLE DISK • Removable disk pack used in earlier Mainframe & Mini Computers • Disk cartridge - easy to remove like cassettes • FIXED DISK • Installed in a sealed container and it’s not removable • most of the fixed disks use the “Winchester” technology

  16. Magnetic Disk Disk consists of several platters (e.g. 3). Each platter has two sides. A number refers to each side (e.g. side 0, 1, 2, 3 for 4 surfaces). A Disc pack may have 20 surfaces or = 11 Platters - 0 1 2 3 -

  17. Magnetic Disk • A disk starts out very unstructured – just a lot of bits of magnetic stuff without any organisation, rhyme or reason. Before the system can start writing records to it, the disk must have a structure- a grid work into which the information can be placed.

  18. Magnetic Disk • Formatting a disk is the process of putting the grid work on the disk and building the organisational structure so that file can be found. Once a disk is formatted it is ready for the system to write data to it.

  19. Magnetic Disk • Formatting organises disks into numbered rings called cylinders. A cylinder on a single side is referred to as a track. Each track is broken into numbered pie slices called sectors. Each sector stores information.

  20. Magnetic Disk • Disk pack = 20 surfaces = 11 Platters • Disk = 2048 cylinders (figure has only 4) • Cylinder = 20 tracks (track in each surface) • Track = 72 sectors (figure outermost has 13) • Sector = 512 bytes • Disk Storage = 512 * 72 * 20 * 2048 bytes = 1.44 GB • Rotational speed = 3600 rpm (revolutions per minute) = 16.66 ms per revolution

  21. Magnetic Disk • The time required to position the read-write heads over the required track is the seek time. • The time required for the read-write head to come to a complete stop after it is moved is called the settling time.

  22. Magnetic Disk • The time required for the disk to rotate to the position where the beginning of the desired bock arrives at the read-write head is latency. Average Rotational delay (latency) = ½ revolution Track capacity = 72 x 512 = 36 KB Cylinder capacity = 20 x 36 = 720 KB Disk capacity = 2048 x 720 = 1.44 GB

  23. Hard Disk Technology Removable-pack hard disk system • Contains 6-20 hard disks of 10 1/2 or 14 inch diameter, aligned one above the other in a sealed unit. Fixed disk drive • High-speed, high-capacity disk drives that are housed in their own cabinets.

  24. Hard Disk Technology Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) • The disk system consists of a number of 5 1/4-inch disk drives within a single cabinet and sends data to the computer along several parallel paths simultaneously. • The main purpose is to increase the reliability and availability. I.e. If one disk fails, still no data is lost

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