Mass storage devices overview

Mass storage devices overview

Mass storage devices are those devices on your system available for storing large amounts of data. Your system can support any combination of physical mass storage devices including hard disks, tape drives, CD-ROM, and WORM devices.

This topic provides an overview of the Storage Device Interface (SDI) and various commands and procedures that are available for managing mass storage devices and media.


NOTE: Information about diskette drives and diskettes is provided in ``Working with diskettes''.


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