Chapter 5: Storage

1. BAIT1003IT Fundamentals
Tutorial 5 (Storage)
1. Define reading and writing in term of storage within the context of computer system.
2. What is network attached storage (NAS)? Describe how NAS uses RAID configuration.
3. Before a magnetic disk can be used, it must be formatted. What does formatting to do a disk?
4. What are the characteristics of optical discs? Describe FOUR (4) types of optical discs.
5. Why do users use memory cards? Name five types of memory cards and describe some of the
characteristics of each card.
6. What is the difference between microfilm and microfiche? Why we use microfilm and
microfiche?
7. Why do you think cloud storage is useful? What are the benefits of using cloud storage?
8. Do a simple research on the Internet to find out the features offering (e.g. storage space size,
sync on multiple devices, etc.) from a particular cloud storage brand. Some examples of
famous cloud storage: Dropbox, Google Drive, Skydrive, etc.