Magnetic Storage Devices

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Data Storage Device
gptkbp:canBe Fixed
External
Portable
Internal
gptkbp:canBeErased true
gptkbp:canBeFormatted true
gptkbp:canBePartitioned true
gptkbp:canBeRecovered Data recovery possible
gptkbp:canBeRewritten true
gptkbp:capacity Kilobytes to Terabytes
gptkbp:commonFileSystem gptkb:FAT
gptkb:NTFS
gptkb:exFAT
gptkbp:dataAccessType Random access
Sequential access
gptkbp:dataRate Varies by device
gptkbp:dataRetention Years
gptkbp:dataStorageMethod Magnetic recording
gptkbp:destroyedBy true
gptkbp:encryption true
gptkbp:example gptkb:3.5-inch_Floppy_Disk
gptkb:IBM_350_Disk_Storage_Unit
gptkb:LTO_Magnetic_Tape
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Magnetic Storage Devices
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Hard_Disk_Drive
gptkb:Magnetic_Tape
gptkb:Zip_Disk
Floppy Disk
gptkbp:inventedBy 1950s
gptkbp:maintenance Requires periodic defragmentation
gptkbp:nonVolatile true
gptkbp:readWriteMethod Magnetic head
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Solid_State_Drives
gptkbp:requires Power supply
Magnetic material
gptkbp:reusable true
gptkbp:trend Declining in favor of SSDs
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Tape_libraries
Servers
Personal computers
Mainframes
gptkbp:usedFor Storing digital data
gptkbp:usedIn Computers
Audio recording
Video recording
gptkbp:vulnerableTo Physical damage
Magnetic fields
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Magnetic_Field
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5