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What is the shelf life of an SSD? [duplicate]
I am planning to stock on SSDs but I will not use them right away. How long can they be kept in storage and what factors play in the degradation of SSDs? ( M.2 NVMe, SATA SSD, U.2 SSD).
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Do SSD disks actually require regular power lest they "forget" their data? [duplicate]
Came across this today: https://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=22055773&cid=62881673
How long will current SSDs retain the data without being attached to power? I've had experiences in the ...
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Are USB flash drives better than SSD, To archive data for long periods of time? [duplicate]
I need to archive some family photos ,videos,and some music... so i will write the data only once...and then keep it stored. I don't want to use a HDD
I read some sites , claim that:
Compared to SSDs, ...
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Are SSDs better than HDDs for long term idle storage? [duplicate]
I want to back up some files on an external disk. I won't be accessing the files as often, but I want them to be secure and private. It goes without saying that I don't want to upload them on the ...
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What's the rule of thumb to keep data safe in portable SSD? [duplicate]
I am well aware that SSDs in general are not ideal medium as long term shelf storage.
But if one insists on using it for that purpose, what can be done to keep files stored in SSD corrupt-free, other ...
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Will the CPU become unusable if left without power for an extended period of time?
I bought an Intel CPU, but it seems it will take some time for the other components to arrive. My question is, if the CPU just stays in the box and is left unpowered, will it become unusable?
The CPU ...
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What is the lifespan of an SSD drive? [closed]
Are SSDs comparable to HDDs for reliability and is there published research on this?
Also are all SSD manufacturers at a similar 'reliability level'?
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Is there such a thing as a WORM (write-once-read-many) SD memory card or USB flash drive? [closed]
Do you know if exists a write-once-read-many (aka: WORM) USB flash or SD memory?
I need an electronic write once memory to meet law requirements for storing sensitive data, and I want an alternative ...
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SD Card as a long term archive media using redundancy of data
For me, the chief fear of using SD cards for backup is reliability rather than storage capacity. SD cards are known to offer relatively high storage for little expense, compared to CDs and DVDs. ...
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Refreshing Flash memory?
Sorry for the newbie and probably off-topic question, but here goes...
I heard somewhere that (some types of?) Flash memory would start loosing data after a few years without power due to the way they ...
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