Digital Storage Lesson Plan

Digital storage refers to the hardware, software and process that are needed to safely store digital files. This course outlines how to create and implement a solid storage plan.

Storage overview
Hard drive 101
Optical media
Storage setup

Storage overview

To create a good storage system for your digital photos, you need to understand something about how the technology works. This lesson presents the important concepts in storage and backup, including the difference between primary storage and backup storage. 

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Hard drive 101

Hard drives are the best choice to store a digital image collection (and most other kinds of digital files). This lesson outlines the most important points you will need to know to build and manage your hard drive storage.

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Optical media

Optical media, such as CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs can play a valuable part of a secure image storage strategy. This lesson outlines the best way to use optical disc, including how to store and care for the discs.

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Storage setup

Now that we see how digital storage technology works, we can look at configurations for setting up a system. This lesson outlines some system configurations as well as techniques for setup.

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