- Have a high storage capacity
- More secure against alteration, i.e. they require writers to alter their contents
- More robust, i.e. can resist temperature, electromagnetic fields and not affected by water and dust.
- Have a relatively high access speed
- Cheaper per unit of storage. Optical disks can be used for storage of large volumes of data, hence making them economical.
- Have high data transfer rates
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