Posted on 05/10/2015 1:06:11 PM PDT by Utilizer
Storage. It's not a sexy topic. But everyone uses it in some way or another. You have iPhones, you have computers. Everyone knows how important a person's data is. But it doesn't just "disappear."
Or does it?
New research suggests that newer solid-state hard drives, which are faster and offer better performance, are vulnerable to an inherent flaw -- they lose data when they're left dormant in storage for periods of time where the temperature isn't properly regulated.
The worrying factor is that the period of time can be weeks, months, but even in some circumstances -- just a few days.
Solid-state drives are better than regular mechanical hard drives, which are slow and sluggish. But unless they're battered around, smashed, or poured in acid, they pretty much last forever.
(Excerpt) Read more at zdnet.com ...
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Thanks for posting. It reminded me to backup.
Nothing lasts forever except taxes and bad dates ;')
As usual, the headline states the most severe circumstance.
Excuse me while I go back to not losing sleep over this.
“Something to think about for those of you who prefer SSDs in lieu of regular HDDs.”
As long as I’m the first one at work with an SSD, what does it matter?
As someone who has more than once forgotten his own advice, yes! Make backups frequently!
I still have 2 Maxtor portable HD’s I bought in 06’ in college and they still work today. Wished they stayed separate from Seagay
Don’t forget stalkers. Because she will most definitely not forget you. *shudder*
So what’s the difference (if any) between an SSD and a “thumbdrive”? They’re both solid-state storage - right? I’ve left thumbdrives in pants pockets and subjected them to the washing machine (no the dryer!) without any data loss. And I’ve left them in the trunk of my car (had to have reached temps in excess of 100 degrees) without damage or loss.
I wonder why SSD drives are so temperature sensitive?
All the more reason to have your data backed up in the clloud.
At this point in technology only an idiot would use SSD for permanent storage. They are designed to be a form of cache.
Technology will probably advance and soon they will be reliable for ever increasing periods of time.
PS. Only idiots believe the marketing hype of certain vendors.
Anything you have “in the cloud” is no longer private information. Bank on it.
That is true. But you will not lose that data.
Clickbait is clickbait.
At this point in technology only an idiot would use SSD for permanent storage. They are designed to be a form of cache.
Technology will probably advance and soon they will be reliable for ever increasing periods of time.
PS. Only idiots believe the marketing hype of certain vendors.
Huh, that’s bound to be a problem when the manufacturers ship them with software installed.
I use a bunch of SSDDs. They work great.
Sounds like a lot of bunk to me.
I had a ssd drive crash about a month ago. With an hdd I am able to recover most anything. The ssd just stopped and there was no way to get anything off it. I replaced both drives with hdd and took the performance hit. In my 25 years of computing I have only lost 2 hdds. First computer I got with sdd and it died.
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