Re: SDD partitioning and allocations
Hi,
On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 08:58:10AM -0400, songbird wrote:
> Dan Purgert wrote:
> > Longterm (powered-off) backup is actually better on spinning rust; as
> > SSD are somewhat more susceptible to bit-rot when powered off.
>
> these will always be regularly powered on even if they are
> not mounted or used. the external drive i have is a normal
> spinning rust drive.
It's on the order of 6 months or more of sitting unpowered on a shelf at
the moment for the types of NAND memory used in SSDs, by the way.
I don't think this aspect will improve as the focus is on getting higher
densities of storage, e.g. right now you can buy 122TB NVMe drives (for
about $12,500 USD each).
Thanks,
Andy
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