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Mobile Storage Devices & Flash Media
The demand for digital storage space for each individual user is higher today than ever before. Instead of thick file folders, letters, invoices, and more are stored in the archive directories of hard drives. Terabytes of PowerPoint presentations, images, vacation videos, and much more are stored in so-called "data graveyards." Music data or films are increasingly found less on digital sound and data carriers (CD/DVD/Blu-ray) and more as mp3 files or mkv containers. It is no wonder, then, that for every PC user, in addition to RAM, mass storage is of enormous importance.
Small Data Giants: From USB Stick to External Hard Drive
It is particularly remarkable how much data capacity can now fit into a small space, as a look at the most commonly used storage media shows:
- Tiny microSDHC cards hold up to 32 GB of data
- The SDXC flashcard format can hold up to 2 TB
- USB sticks sometimes have enormous data volumes
- External hard drives in 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch sizes store up to 4 TB on magnetic disks
In addition to simply storing backups, multimedia files, and more, compact SD cards and pen drives (as USB sticks are also known) are particularly useful for data exchange - putting a document on the stick, heading to the university, working on the presentation with fellow students on a laptop, and later printing the handouts at the copy shop.
Moreover, small storage devices like high-capacity SD cards mean independence for many when they go on a photo shoot with their camera. To read the data on the computer, a card reader is needed. The modern interface with high transfer speed to the PC is known as "USB 3.0".