Types of Mass Storage Devices

Mass Storage Devices:

Today, mass storage devices are measured in gigabytes (1024 megabytes) and terabytes (1024 gigabytes). Older mass storage technology, such as floppy devices are measured in kilobytes (1024 bytes), megabytes (1024 kilobytes).

Types of Mass Storage:

There are eight common types of mass storage including the following:

1. Solid-state drives (SSD)

2. Hard Drives

3. External Hard Drives

4. Optical Drives

5. Tape Drives

6. RAID Storage

7. USB Storage

8. Flash Memory Cards