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online storage

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hierarchical storage management
nearline storage
offline storage

n. ~ Techniques for storing and retrieving data on media that is mounted and directly accessible to the system.

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'Online storage' connotes facilities such as hard drives used principally for data storage, rather than system memory used as cache or firmware used to load the operating system.