Storage Technologies
Storage technologies include HDDs, SSDs, NAS, SAN, and cloud storage, each offering different performance, capacity, and access methods for data management.
- Traditional, mechanical storage devices with large capacities.
- Faster, more reliable storage using flash memory.
- Centralized storage accessible over a network.
Data Access
Data access refers to the methods used to retrieve and interact with stored data, including file, block, and object storage models.
- Organizes data in a hierarchy of files and directories
- Data is stored in fixed-size blocks, providing high performance
- Stores data as objects, ideal for large-scale unstructured data