Chris Alemany🇺🇦
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@EdwinG@mstdn.moimeme.ca @scott@mastodon.clitheroe.ca @alberniweather@socialbc.ca
This jives with my memory of the issue. Is write cycles the only or biggest issue? I am thinking about using these flash drives as essentially "write once and archive" so I am hoping that means they should be pretty indefinite in terms of age.?
Edwin G. :mapleleafroundel:@EdwinG@mstdn.moimeme.ca
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca @scott@mastodon.clitheroe.ca @alberniweather@socialbc.ca
It’s the biggest issue. However, electrical retention is the second issue.
For the drive to still be able to read its data, the electrical charge in a cell needs to be refreshed from time to time.
I had a 512GB SSD from my 2010 MacBook Pro stop working after a few years outside a computer (it was wiped clean after its final use).