Answer to Question #149462 in Computer Networks for Sheeraz Ahmed

Question

What is difference between Scondary Storage and Cloud Storage? With example.

Answer 1

Secondary storage: It is a non-volatile, long term storage device. without secondary storage all data and program would lost once the device get switched off. The example of secondary storage devices are Hard Disk Drives( HDD), Solid State Drives(SSD). anything whatever you are downloading from the internet is used to store in the secondary storage.

Cloud Storage: It is a model of storage of computer data in which the digital data used to store in the logical pool, which is said to be "cloud". It is based on the cloud computing model which stores data on the interne through a cloud computing provider who manages and operates data storage as a service.