Computer storage devices

data storage device

semiconductor-based data storage medium, often used for auxiliary memory to store data

computer that provides file systems in a computer network

magnetic data storage device

data input device that reads from a card-shaped storage medium

logical or physical storage device containing both solid-state and hard disk storage

storage mechanisms that record data on the surface of rotating disks

common scheme used for specifying the location of blocks of data stored on computer storage devices

computer storage devices

right|thumb|Cylinder, head, and sector of a hard drive. Cylinder-head-sector (CHS) is an early method for giving addresses to each physical block of data on a hard disk drive.

small, movable parts of a disk drive

Early color photography method

USB device class for drives

circuitry that controls reading from and writing to a computer's floppy disk drive

Openfiler is an operating system that provides file-based network-attached storage and block-based storage area network. It was created by Xinit Systems, and is based on the CentOS Linux distribution. It is free software licensed under the GNU GPLv2

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data storage mechanism

high-speed memory embedded in a computer drive used to improve performance

The SheevaPlug is a "plug computer" designed to allow standard computing features in as small a space as possible. It was a small embedded Linux ARM computer without a display which can be considered an early predecessor to the subsequent Raspberry Pi series of computers.

magnetic tape data storage format

The DISCiPLE is a floppy disk interface for the ZX Spectrum home computer. Designed by Miles Gordon Technology, it was marketed by Rockfort Products and launched in 1986.

disk interface for ZX Spectrum computers

GuruPlug is a compact and low power plug computer running Linux. It is intended to be a device that could act as a web server, a print server or any other network service. It has local storage in NAND Flash, but also offers USB ports and a Serial ATA port to connect external hard disks.

computer device that manages a hardware RAID array

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removable storage disk drive