Re: Adding backup storage

[Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net>]

Hello,

On Sun, Aug 06, 2023 at 10:54:27AM -0400, gene heskett wrote:
> On 8/5/23 17:47, Andy Smith wrote:
> > Do bear in mind that SSDs are not designed for long term unpowered
> > data storage, unlike conventional HDDs, so that could be a
> > consideration if you're intending to use these SSDs stored outside
> > of a computer and unpowered, tape replacement style. Apologies if
> > you knew that already.
> > 
> I have read that, but have not experienced it personally. What failures I've
> had I can blame on filling a low capacity card up so it didn't have room to
> do its housekeeping,

You really can't draw any conclusions about modern SATA / SAS / NVMe
SSDs from the behaviour of micro SD cards! It's completely different
technology.

Thanks,
Andy