Question
These devices are often contrasted with devices that use semiconductors instead of spinning magnetic disks. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these devices whose use of rapidly rotating platters is gradually being superseded as the dominant form of non-volatile data storage.
ANSWER: hard disk drives [or hard drives or HDDs or fixed disks; prompt on disk drives] (HDDs are being superseded by solid-state drives.)
[10h] This data storage virtualization technology can provide redundancy for local storage by combining multiple HDDs into a virtual logical unit. “Levels” of this technology are numbered “0” through “6,” with “0” providing striping, but no redundancy or error correction.
ANSWER: RAID [or redundant array of inexpensive disks or redundant array of independent disks]
[10e] Rather than storing data on local servers, many software companies rely on S3 cloud storage from AWS, the “Web Services” subsidiary of this company.
ANSWER: Amazon.com, Inc. [accept Amazon Web Services, Inc.]
<Michael Bentley, Science - Computer Science> ~20258~ <Editor: David Bass>
Summary
| 2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Data
| Barrington A | Thomas Jefferson A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |