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Typotyper@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

There definitely is an advantage to different media types. Each technology has their own limitations. Tape back up, SSD, USB drive, DVD and HD with spinning platers

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Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
SSD would be 100% dead unless you buried it with a power source.

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- NostraDavid@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  SSD would be 100% dead unless you buried it with a power source.
  
  Huh? Why? Should SSDs not be able to contain data without power?
  
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  - rikudou@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    That’s one of the downsides of SSDs, you lose data really fast without power. Like, after a year, your data will almost sure not be intact.
    
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  - Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    No, they’ll start to corrupt within a year or two. They need to be powered to retain data.
    
    After 30 years you can forget it.
    
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  - Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Sadly, no.
    
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  - some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    There was a recent paper on this. The failure rate was higher than expected. You’ll have to search for it; I didn’t save a link.
    
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    The_v@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Leave a USB drive in a drawer for a couple of years and you can prove this one at home.
    
    That’s why my backup drive is an old spinny hard drive.
    
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