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secondary storage

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Noun1.secondary storage - a data storage device that is not the main memory of a computersecondary storage - a data storage device that is not the main memory of a computer
memory device, storage device - a device that preserves information for retrieval


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One of the most sensible ideas is to have a secondary storage area for your data, well away from your office or other physical presence.
In addition, it is suitable for secondary storage applications and disk-to-disk backup.
The drawback of this mode of operation is that each write operation has to wait for acknowledgement from both the primary and secondary storage devices, which significantly affects the application performance.
 
 
 
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