Storage media are devices that store application and user information. Some of the Storage Medias are Magnetic Tape Floppy Disk Optical Disks (CD & DVD) USB Flash Drive Hard Drive
Evolution of Storage Media
Punch Card It was primary method of storing and retrieving data in the early 1900s.
The standard 80-column punch card stored about
70 bytes of data. By 1937 IBM daily produced 10 million Punch Card. That would represent 670 MB of Data.
Evolution of Storage Media
Magnetic Tape Magnetic tape data storage is a system for storing digital information on magnetic tape using digital recording. made of a thin magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of plastic film. Magnetic tape was first used to record computer data in 1951having recording density 128 characters per inch. In 2014 Sony and IBM announced that they had been able to record 148 gigabits per square inch with magnetic tape media developed using a new vacuum thin-film forming technology.
Evolution of Storage Media
Floppy Disk A floppy disk, is a type of disk storage composed of a disk of thin and flexible magnetic storage medium, sealed in a rectangular plastic enclosure lined with fabric that removes dust particles. Floppy disks, initially (1967) 5.2 inch size could able to store 1.2 MB data, later in 1980 the size was decreased to 3.5 inch having storage of 1.44 MB. Later in 2000 the capacity was increased to 150-200 MB
Evolution of Storage Media
Optical Disks An optical disc is an electronic data storage medium that can be written to and read using a low-powered laser beam. Optical discs are most commonly used for storing music (e.g. for use in a CD player), video (e.g. for use in a Blu-ray player), or data and programs for personal computers (PC). Today Archival Discs are having capacity of 0.3 to 1 TB
Evolution of Storage Media
Hard Drive Storage A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk is a data storage device used for storing and retrieving digital information using one or more rigid ("hard") rapidly rotating disks (platters) coated with magnetic material. Every data computer uses is on a hard drive. Not just documents, pictures, music, and videos. Your programs, your preferences, even your operating system. At present 3.5 inch Hard Drive with dimension 4 in 1 in 5.75 in is having largest capacity of 10TB.
Evolution of Storage Media
USB Flash Drive A USB flash drive, also variously known as a USB drive, pen drive is a data storage device that includes flash memory with an integrated USB interface. USB flash drives are typically removable and rewritable, and physically much smaller than an optical disc. They are smaller, faster, have thousands of times more capacity, and are more durable and reliable because they have no moving parts. The first USB flash drive appeared on the market in late 2000, providing a storage capacity of 8 MB. Now it has reached to 1 TB.
Conclusion Storage capacity has been increased significantly after invention of Hard Drive and flash USB drive.
Conclusion Storage capacity has been improved significantly over last two decades.
Conclusion Here is a comparison of storage capacity of Computer Hard Disks of 1980 and 2010. Multiple usage of computer increased with high definition program due to this improvement.
Conclusion Over the time capacity has been improved with lesser dimension and weight of storage device. This made devices user friendly with easy access.
