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[-] NeuronautML@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I doubt it. SSDs are subject to quantuum tunneling. This means if you don't power up an SSD once in 2-5 years, your data is gone. HDDs have no such qualms. So long as they still spin, there's your data and when they no longer do, you still have the heads inside.

So you have a use case that SSDs will never replace, cold data storage. I use them for my cold offsite back ups.

[-] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 4 months ago

Sorry dude, but bit rot is a very real thing on HDDs. They're magnetic media, which degrades over time. If you leave a disk cold for 2-5 years, there's a very good chance you'll get some bad sectors. SSDs aren't immune from bit rot, but that's not through quantum tunneling - not any more than your CPU is affected by it at least.

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[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca -1 points 4 months ago

Nothing in this article is talking about cold storage. And if we are talking about cold storage, as others gave pointed out, HHDs are also not a great solution. LTO (magnetic tape) is the industry standard for a good reason!

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[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml -1 points 4 months ago

You're wrong. HDD need about as much frequently powering up as SSD, because the magnetization gets weaker.

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[-] pr0sp3kt@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I had a terrible experience through all my life with HDDs. Slow af, sector loss, corruption, OS corruption... I am traumatized. I got 8TB NvMe for less than $500... Since then I have not a single trouble (well except I n electric failure, BTRFS CoW tends to act weird and sometimes doesnt boot, you need manual intervention)

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[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

So can someone make 3.5" SSDs then????

[-] xyguy@startrek.website 0 points 4 months ago

Relevant video about the problems with high capacity ssds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2i8wZCXDF4

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