How does data storage work
Data warehousing allows you to capture, manage, and prioritize data. This includes information about applications, databases, data stores, files, backup devices, and cloud storage.
Digital information is written to storage media through the use of software commands. The smallest unit of measurement in computer memory is a bit, described by a binary value of 0 or 1, depending on the level of electrical voltage contained in a single capacitor. Eight bits make up a byte.
Other capacity measures are:
kilobit (Kb)
megabit (Mb)
gigabit (gb)
terabit (Tb)
petabit (Pb)
exabit (eb)
The larger measures include:
kilobyte (KB) igual a 1,024 bytes
megabyte (MB) igual a 1,024 KB
gigabyte (GB) igual a 1,024 MB
terabyte (TB) igual a 1,024 GB
petabyte (PB) igual a 1,024 TB
exabyte (EB) igual a 1,024 PB
In an electromechanical disk, bytes store blocks of data within sectors. A hard drive is a circular platter covered with a thin layer of magnetic material. The disk is inserted into a spindle and rotates at speeds of up to 15,000 revolutions per minute (rpm). As it spins, data is written to the disk surface using magnetic recording heads. A high-speed actuator arm positions the recording head in the first available space on the disk, allowing data to be written in a circular fashion. A sector on a standard disk is 512 bytes.
Data backups are written to disk devices with the help of a hierarchical storage management system.
