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secondary storage devices.

When we talk about the storage devices; there are many types and different kinds of storage
devices are available. The classification may be different for the different types of the storage
devices. The storage devices can be volatile or non ± volatile.

Flash Storage Devices

Flash Storage is pretty much same as solid storage devices. The main deference is flash storage
is designed for more portability. Flash storage comes is smaller sizes. Pen drives and memory
cards are the example of flash storage.

Flash drive is designed to be external to the computer system, an SSD is designed to reside inside
the computer in place of a more traditional hard drive. They are non ± volatile in nature. Flash
Memory is also called Flash Memory. Flash Memory is also used as secondary memory in some
ultra portable computer as well as PDA¶s.

USB FLASH STORAGE

USB flash drives are typically removable and re-writable , and much smaller than a floppy or CD
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Storage Capacities typically range from 64 MB to 64 GB with steady improvement in price and
price per gigabyte.

ÑOMAPANIES DEALING IN PEN DRIVES

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Transcend USB pen drives offers good performance and a large choice of memory capacities (
2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB,32GB) with affordable price make the Transcend flash drive perfect for
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1. SanDisk Cruzer 4GB Pen Drive Price: Rs. 425/-

2. SanDisk Cruzer 8GB Pen Drive Price: Rs. 850/-

3. SanDisk Cruzer 16GB USB Flash Drive Price: Rs. 1,500/-

MEMORY ÑARD
A memory card or flash memory card is a solid ± state electronic flash memory data storage
device used with digital cameras, handheld and mobile computers, music players, and other
electronics. They offer re-record-ability, power free storage, small form factor and rugged
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The micro is about a quarter of the size of an SD card and is the newest standard of SD flash
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SONY MEMORY STIÑ DUO PRIÑES

1.1 GB San Disk Memory Stick Duo Pro ± Rs.799

2. 2 GB San Disk Memory Stick Duo Pro- Rs. 1250

3. 4 GB San Disk Memory Stick Duo Pro ± Rs. 1999

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1. 80% Faster than normal 7200rpm Hard Drive

2. Available in 250/320/500GB Capacities
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Buffalo ’ortable Hard Disk ’rice ²

160GB/250GB/320GB/500GB Hard Drive
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EXTERNAL HARD DISK

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BRANDS 1 TETRA BYTE

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Ray Boggs, an analyst with market research firm IDC, said Cisco's entry into the storage device
market is part of a larger industry trend of networking or data center companies attempting to be all
things to their customers.

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company getting involved in storage," he said. "It speaks to the blurring of a lot of this technology
where storage is associated with security, which is associated with the Internet, which then gets you
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