Kalmar “fakitin faifai” yawanci tana nufin tarin faifan faifan diski waɗanda aka haɗa tare kuma suna juyawa a matsayin raka’a ɗaya a cikin faifai. Kowane platter a cikin tari yana da murfin maganadisu a ɓangarorin biyu wanda ke adana bayanai a cikin nau'ikan filayen maganadisu. Ana raba platters da siraran ƙarfe na sarari kuma an dora su a kan igiya ta tsakiya wanda ke ba su damar jurewa da sauri. , wanda ya ƙunshi faranti da yawa waɗanda ke da inci da yawa a diamita. A yau, fakitin faifai an maye gurbinsu da ƙanƙanta, mafi ƙanƙanta manyan faifan diski waɗanda ke amfani da ƴan ƙarami, manyan platters ko ƙwararrun faifai masu ƙarfi waɗanda ke adana bayanai akan guntuwar ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya.