Let us first recap the major problems that affect storage media:
First two factors are the real issues that storage media have to deal and we have discussed these factors already. Due to the volume of data the Data format will include compression (see Chapters 6 and 7).
The type of storage medium and underlying retrieval mechanism will affect how the media is stored and delivered. Ultimately any system will have to deliver high performance I/O. We discuss this issue next before going on to discuss actual Multimedia storage devices.