Question WoW! - Did You Know About This ?

[C1]

Unpowered SSD endurance investigation finds severe data loss and performance issues

PS: I've got lots of spinners hosting important/critical archived data, some many years old, and do not recall having had any issues with them - thank heavens.

 

[Ken g6]

Yeah, if you want to keep data on flash media for awhile, I'd put it in the freezer.

 

[tcsenter]

PS: I've got lots of spinners hosting important/critical archived data, some many years old, and do not recall having had any issues with them - thank heavens.

Magnetic degregation happens to all magnetic media, even spinners that are powered down and stored in decent conditions:

Music industry’s 1990s hard drives, like all HDDs, are dying

The music industry traded tape for hard drives and got a hard-earned lesson.

arstechnica.com