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It used vacuum tubes as main logic elements, rotating magnetic drums for internal storage of data and programs and punch cards to input and externally store data.
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IBM 305 RAMAC was the first hard dirve that was introduced.
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One roll of magnetic tape could store as much data as 10 000 punch cards.
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It was a read-only 8-inch disk that could store 80kB of data.
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They were used to provide high-speed links between several large central computers at one site.
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CD-Recordable (CD-R) and CD-Rewritable (CD-RW) drives, we introduced due to the problem they had with floppy disks and their low compacity.
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It connects two computers over the Internet so that users can transfer files from one machine to another and perform file commands remotely.
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A storage area network (SAN) is a network designed to attach computer storage devices such as disk array controllers and tape libraries to servers. It allows a machine to connect to remote targets such as disks and tape drives on a network. SAN can serve the backup purposes. It offers high-speed, immediate and programmable backup solutions to large enterprises.
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They were designed to be attached to traditional data network.
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The smallest of these drives stores several times more data than a traditional 3,5 inch floppy disk, and larger ones can hold as much data as a CD-ROM or even more.
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Fondly known as "diskette", the floppy disk became a fixture of the personal computer market in the 1980s and 90s, along with its perfectly matched paramour Floppy Disk Drive. It could handle 1.44MG.
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Blu-laser discs using organic dyes, such as the Sony Blu-ray format (between 23GB and 54GB) and Toshiba’s HD-DVD are the next step to further reduction of the cost of removable media along with capacity growth and improvement of usability.
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