On Tue, Jan 31, 2023, 11:37 AM Ethan O'Toole via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> > What do you guys think of the "archive-ness" of current solid state > > devices? M.2, NVMe, SSD, or even USB thumb sticks? A friend proposed > > that when one of those starts to go bad, any kind of partial data > recovery > > becomes difficult - but any more difficult than the old traditional > > magnetic media? > > I thought Flash could only hold the data in them X amount of years until > the junctions discharge or whatever? It's less permanent than decent > quality optical or pro magnetic media? > Spec is 1 or 3 years retention at end of life. At start of life it can be a decade for QLC parts or 30 years for SLC parts.... though those latter numbers aren't guaranteed. You have to plug them in every so often to refresh I believe. > Yes. And access all the used block for some firmware (some won't do proactive scans). Warner > > - Ethan > > -- > : Ethan O'Toole > > >
