Optical Disks Vs. Magnetic Storage |
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Optical Disks vs Magnetic Tape | 55 |
The Role of Optical and Magnetic Media | 83 |
Copyright | |
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applications approximately areal recording density bits per inch bits per square bytes cartridge characteristics comparable Comparison Computer configuration controller cost cost per megabyte data cartridges data storage described designed Development devices Digital discussed disk cartridges disk systems diskette double-sided Electronic employ equipment equivalent erasable et al example expensive fixed magnetic disk format gigabytes given head hierarchies IEEE Transactions increased installations International Journal kilobytes less linear recording density magnetic disk drives magnetic recording magnetic tape mainframe manufacturers Mass Storage materials megabyte online memory microcomputer million bits milliseconds Model offer operating optical disk drives performance priced Proceedings provides purchased range reels require retrieval Review Society specific square inch storage capacity Storage Systems supports surface tape drives thin film tions track density tracks per inch Transactions on Magnetics transfer rates typically units utilized WORM write-once