18 Nov
2020
18 Nov
'20
3:37 p.m.
Chuck,
I am concerned about SSDs because thy can only be written to a
limited number of times. Spinning platters have unlimited write cycles
barring a hardware or electronics failure.
GOD Bless and Thanks,
rich!
On 11/18/2020 4:56 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
Tangential to this, I've long wondered about some
things relating to
SSDs. Are there any solid figures on their retention period after years
of being unpowered?
The reason I ask is that I've long been in the habit of simply shelving
an old hard drive when I upgrade or replace a system. I've got hard
drives that still work that hail back to the days of OS/2 1.1; some
larger ones go back to the 1970s.
--Chuck