SK0-003 · Question #224
Which of the following internal storage media types has the GREATEST storage capacity?
The correct answer is B. SATA hard drive. Among the given options, SATA hard drives offer the greatest storage capacity, commonly ranging into multiple terabytes for a single internal drive. Other options like compact flash, Blu-Ray, and older tape formats have significantly lower individual capacities.
Question
Which of the following internal storage media types has the GREATEST storage capacity?
Options
- ACompact flash drive
- BSATA hard drive
- CBlu-Ray drive
- DSDLT Tape drive
How the community answered
(28 responses)- A4% (1)
- B93% (26)
- D4% (1)
Why each option
Among the given options, SATA hard drives offer the greatest storage capacity, commonly ranging into multiple terabytes for a single internal drive. Other options like compact flash, Blu-Ray, and older tape formats have significantly lower individual capacities.
Compact Flash drives are flash memory cards typically used in portable devices and cameras, with capacities usually in gigabytes, much less than modern HDDs.
SATA hard drives (HDDs) are designed for high-capacity internal data storage in computers and servers. Modern SATA HDDs can easily store 10TB, 20TB, or even more data in a single drive, far exceeding the capacities of the other listed storage media types for an internal unit.
A Blu-Ray disc has a maximum capacity of 128GB for a quad-layer disc, which is considerably less than a modern SATA hard drive.
SDLT (Super Digital Linear Tape) was an older tape technology where a single cartridge typically stored up to 300GB native, which is far less than current SATA hard drive capacities.
Concept tested: Storage media capacity comparison
Source: https://www.seagate.com/products/hard-drives/desktop-hard-drives/
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