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Media Guide
HDSI offers a choice of recording media in many of its systems. Tape, Hard Disk Drives and Solid State Flash Memory are available. Some systems have interchangeable media cartridges that allow you to swap from one media to another, simply and quickly, at any time in the system's life. The following table gives general guidance on the main benefits of each media:
| Benefit |
Tape |
Hard Drive |
Solid State |
| Relative Media Cost |
Low |
Medium |
High |
| Relative physical size for a given data capacity |
Low |
Medium |
High |
| Removable Media for Distribution and Archive |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Relative performance with severe vibration, shock or high/low temperature applied |
Low |
Low |
High |
| Relative maximum data acquisition speed |
Low |
High |
Medium |
| Relative maximum data download speed |
Low |
High |
High |
| Fast Search to data; Fast Rewind |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Direct File Access using computer file managers |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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