| Activity : Backing storage | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| An investigation into the comparative costs of different types of backing storage media. |
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| [1] | Create a spreadsheet like the one here: | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Add more rows to the spreadsheet if you look at additional types of backing storage. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Make sure the cells in the 'Cost per Mb' column have appropriate formulae in them. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| [2] | Use the Internet to find
information about each type of backing storage and enter the data on your
spreadsheet.
Which type of backing storage is most cost effective? |
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| [3] | A similar investigation could be carried out on hard drives
of different storage capacities.
Which is the most economical size of hard drive to buy? Is there any difference in cost between internal and external drives? |
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