Storing and backing up a company’s internal documents has become an imperative as data has become so strategic for the proper conduct of business. Different storage media are available on the market. Which ones? Here are the main ones, the most efficient ones.
Storage media: hard drive is the safe bet
Embedded directly within a computer, the hard drive can be of various storage capacities ranging from from a few mega bytes passing by several hundreds (500 Go frequently) to more than 1To in certain cases. But the hard disk can also be qualified of external In this case, it takes the form of a metal or plastic box, removable and easily transportable, and is connected to the PCs generally via a USB port.
The advantage of this storage medium is that it works in a autonomous way. The company does not risk losing or damaging stored data in the event of a computer failure.
Servers, the new generation of storage media
Network Attached Storage (NAS) hard drives or servers come in the form of boxes, running autonomously with their own operating system. As such, this type of storage medium offers a high level of security for the data stored on it. From the point of view of storage capacity, here again they are advantageous since several hard disks are generally on board, for recording and backup levels that can exceed several TB in some cases.
USB drive
If the first generations of USB flash drives had rather limited storage capacities, the new models put on the market today have performances equal to several GB of recording. All types of files can be recorded there, for a device with a minimum space requirement since a USB key is stored in a pocket for example. It can be plugged and unplugged at will on the USB port of a computer and is easily transportable.
CD and DVD, two classic but safe storage media formats
This is another good way to store, back up and classify the different types of data of a company: text, images, videos… However, a burner is necessary to copy the desired data on these two classic but safe media. Indeed, CD and DVD have the following advantages very low risk of deterioration and thus a good conservation in time. The storage capacities of a CD and a DVD are respectively that is to say of 700Mo and 4,7Go, 8,5Go even 18Go for a double-sided DVD.
Memory cards, for rather limited needs
With capacities equal to a few GB, around 2GB, memory cards allow to have a light storage solution of a reduced format and for a affordable price. Among the various memory cards, we find Flash Cards, Memory Cards or SD Cards. In addition, the market offers different levels of performance including from 128MB to 4GB Fast evolution is coming.