The Evolution of Data Storage Devices

Since the dawn of the computer age, storage of data has always been a major concern. As technology progressed and computers got more powerful, the amount of data has increased too. This created an everlasting demand for more storage space. The evolution of data storage has been phenomenal. Storage devices have drastically evolved from huge trunks with the capacity of a few kilobytes of data to thumb sized drives that can store gigabytes of data. Here is a look back at this massive evolution of data storage technology.

1. THE EVOLUTION OF
DATA STORAGE
DEVICES
BYPROMPTCLOUD

2. 1956
It was the size of 2
Refrigerators and had a
capacity of 5 MB.

3. 1971
It could store only 80KB and
was Read-only. The capacity
improved in the next few years
to 4 MB.

4. 1980
It could store up to 2.52
GB. The drive resembled
an engine and had the size
of a Refrigerator

5. 1985
Compact, Storage
capacity up to 900
MB

6. 1996
Storage capacity up
to 4.7 GB

7. 2001
Could store up to 8 MB.
Modern USB drives come
with a maximum
capacity of 1 TB.

8. 2007
Compact in size and a
capacity of 1024 GB.

9. 2016
It has a Capacity of up
to 15 TB and just
measures 2.5 inches in
size.

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