5 Jan
2018
5 Jan
'18
12:13 p.m.
On Fri, 5 Jan 2018, Mazzini Alessandro wrote:
I'm not sure I would use SSD for long term
"secure" storage, unless maybe
using enterprise level ones.
Consumer level SSD are, by specifics, guaranteed to retain data for 6 months
if unpowered... any more time means being lucky. Would suck to save, store,
and after some years find the data mangled...
Yep!
SSD would be very unsuitable for archiving.
But, it is a nice fast medium for short-term uses.
AND, it MIGHT be the first to get a unit larger than 2TB that will fit in
a thin 2.5" form factor.
Probably better SHORT-TERM reliability than the Seagate 2TB thin SATA
spinning rust.
What is the archival life of a BDXL, other than M-disc?
M-disc media is a bit expensive.
It looks like an excellent medium for data collections a tenth the size of
what I'm playing with.
It seems that it is still necessary to maintain multiple copies
(geographically separate - we had a 4.4 quake yesterday morning), on
multiple different media, and make new copies on a regular basis.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com