is increasingly being used in server systems to improve performance by caching frequently used data, since it provides faster access than disk, with larger storage capacity than main memory.

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• Hybrid disk drives are hard-disk systems that combine magnetic storage with a smaller amount of flash memory, which is used as a cache for frequently accessed data.
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• The                is that part of main memory available for storage of copies of disk blocks.
• The magnetic storage chip used to provide non-volatile direct access storage of data and that have no moving parts are known as
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•                        is popular for applications such as storage of log files in a database system since it offers the best write performance.
• Which of the following are the process of selecting the data storage and data access characteristics of the database?
• Which of the following are the process of selecting the data storage and data access characteristics of the database?
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