[Alex Murphy]

Crossbar adds that its technology can retain data for up to 20 years, compared with the standard one to three years with NAND flash.

Note to self - don't trust flash-based data archives.

[MCH]

Note to self - don't trust flash-based data archives.

Yeah, I'd missed that little tidbit as well.

[Moonman62]

Note to self - don't trust flash-based data archives.

Either that or don't trust claims by Fudzilla and some company that claims a better technology.

I'll believe it when I see it.

[fuzzylogic]

Yeah, you can only write to a flash device so many times. They have “wear leveling” algorithms so that the same data being written doesn’t always write to the same spot in flash, this minimizes the issue. Flash is also more sensitive to heat, it can go bad just sitting there.

[Jeff Chandler]

Note to self - don't trust flash-based data archives.

Will the codexes required to write the files today be available in 20 years, or will they be historical curiosities?

OTOH, will a Carrington Event render all of this moot?

[Dr. Sivana]

Note to self - don't trust flash-based data archives.

My cheapie SANDisk USB Flash drive is ELEVEN years old, and it still works fine. This particular model was developed to work in a custom MP3 player (also by SAN Disk). Instead of shelling out for a hard drive, you just bought multiple 256GB to 2GB USB Flash memory sticks to expand your playable collection. Great solution at the time.