cd-roms
Data Drive A data drive is a disk drive that is dedicated to storing data, as opposed to parity, Hamming code, or a hot standby. In RAID levels where the data and parity move around, the space equivalent of this many drives is available to store data.
As data is saved to a hard drive, the free space lessens until the there is no more space for further data - the drive is full. I assume this is what is meant by the "shrunk" hard disk drive in the question? Formatting the drive will return the drive to the original size. Note: formatting doesn't actually wipe the drive completely, the data is still on the drive. Only the links to the data is severed, so the computer acts as though the drive is blank and it can write new data to the drive.
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get a new pc, or at least a new hard drive! you can "move" space from one drive to another, but you can move files from one drive to the other. you could easily double your storage space for under $40
RAID 1 provides fault tolerance by mirroring data across multiple drives. If one drive fails, the system can still function using the data from the mirrored drive.
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A Collocation Data Center is a type of data center where equipment space and bandwidth are available for rental to retail customers. It provides space and cooling for the server.
Space probes- instrument that gathers data and sends it back to earth, and an artificial satellite is when people go up to space and gather data and then go back to earth to go over the data
When you delete data from the recycle bin, the operating system marks the space occupied by that data as available to be overwritten. However, until new data is written in that space, the "deleted" data may still be recoverable using specialized software.
Part depends on the TYPE of backup. A "standard" file backup will use far less space, as it only backs up the actual data on the drive. to find out how much data is on your drive, open up "My Computer" and right click on the drive you wish to backup. The information box that appears will show the drive capacity, and the free space. Subtract the free space from the drive capacity to estimate the data size. Another type of backup is called a "drive image". This type will make an exact duplicate of you hard drive onto another drive. for this type of backup, you must have a 80 gig (or larger) backup drive. Steve
A mirrored set is a type of RAID configuration where data is duplicated or mirrored across multiple hard drives. This provides redundancy in case one drive fails, as the data can still be accessed from the other drive. It offers data protection but uses more storage space compared to other RAID setups.
Raid 1 provides a duplicate copy of the data. Essentially, it uses 50% of the storage capacity as a copy of the other 50%; a failure on one drive will cause no loss of data so long as the bad drive is replaced and synced with the surviving drive before it fails.