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Post #AtAkMNZlld59rgkprE by [email protected] |
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Oh, this is interesting (and a little scary)tl;dr don’t use SSDs for long ter… |
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Post #AtAkMNg9NuBcBTjvns by [email protected] |
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@WiteWulf oh yes one of our PhD supervisors found this out the hard way a few y… |
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Post #AtAsQVMnXh7KorAJd2 by [email protected] |
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@kcarruthers 😳😬 |
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Post #AtAsQVSpBHwD7Xz81Q by [email protected] |
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@WiteWulf they literally opened a cupboard with all these external drives in it… |
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Post #AtAuI1cMSr6M97WsDo by [email protected] |
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@WiteWulf Very scary. This sets us up for digital amnesia ...(puts old-fashione… |
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Post #AtAuI1j63oUOU0gFii by [email protected] |
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@quincy @WiteWulf Thank you all for the thread. New thoughts about an older bri… |
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Post #AtB0Xd6NyquyTDOfrM by [email protected] |
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@kcarruthers @WiteWulf WAIT, but that was /only/ ssd drives, the old-school spi… |
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Post #AtB0XdDTYUaapCiKuW by [email protected] |
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@maybenot @kcarruthers @WiteWulf they’re stored in iron filings that are temp… |
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Post #AtB0XdLH5UpNDOMZ4C by [email protected] |
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@lilstevie @maybenot @kcarruthers @WiteWulf There are 40 year old floppy disks … |
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Post #AtB0XdS0gSDPYHVwZ6 by [email protected] |
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@Kroc @maybenot @kcarruthers @WiteWulf yep, the key there was eventually. Sinni… |
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Post #AtBAmfIR6Si7A3qEqW by [email protected] |
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@WiteWulf I don't believe in offline data storage and archiving. Keep it on… |
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Post #AtBAmfQEdSwtYFUT0C by [email protected] |
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@thomasbeagle @WiteWulf I wonder when a bunch of this obsessive backup of data … |
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Post #AtBAmfWcFk3Ls2TYwq by [email protected] |
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@artnacrea @WiteWulf Some years ago. 😀The number of people I know with multi… |
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Post #AtBAmfe3o40YF7xVYG by [email protected] |
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@thomasbeagle @artnacrea @WiteWulf The important thing isn't whether or not… |
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Post #AtBAoM0fmTtHvNL2Ei by [email protected] |
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@WiteWulf Flash needs periodic scrubbing, that should be well known? And yes, s… |
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Post #AtBAoM7lM7YuHMehHs by [email protected] |
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@pavel it is not well known to the vast majority of users. |
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Post #AtBAoMFCuRW6eS8dtI by [email protected] |
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@WiteWulf Well, if you want more scary stuff... cut SSD power during write oper… |
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Post #AtBAs6HiBlN2JP5v0K by [email protected] |
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@WiteWulf you just saved me a few hundred bucks - thanks ! |
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Post #AtBAsCottHU2a4fVZI by [email protected] |
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@WiteWulf less than that. I discovered a few weeks ago that my western digital … |
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Post #AtBAsnzTguvfratygy by [email protected] |
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@WiteWulf I wonder if this experience maps to other flash memory based storage,… |
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Post #AtBAso5rJC28BNt4dc by [email protected] |
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@karlauerbach well, that’s the flip side to having a good backup medium: if y… |
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Post #AtBAsoBswmr0U4ht20 by [email protected] |
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@WiteWulf Way back in the 1970's the Social Security Administration in the … |
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Post #AtBAsylLdnA9GxNLhA by [email protected] |
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@WiteWulf funny to see this two weeks after the exact same thing was "debu… |
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Post #AtBB0G0VvMGomawKRs by [email protected] |
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@WiteWulf BUt but .. I heard they were guaranteeing at least 10 years data rete… |
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Post #AtBB0xp11TDUfftldQ by [email protected] |
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@WiteWulf Is that really a new information?SSDs are flash storage and work by k… |
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Post #AtBB2eUlqiPbJIEa9o by [email protected] |
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@WiteWulf Considering that this essentially Flashable Memory technology, I can&… |
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Post #AtBB2gePppJbzmlJT6 by [email protected] |
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@WiteWulf TLC, three/triple level cell, SSD is widely known to be the least rel… |
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Post #AtBB3WW30BWEqtFMe0 by [email protected] |
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@maybenot @kcarruthers @WiteWulf Magnetic domains on the plates are, the questi… |
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Post #AtBB44ErcZyZRRT7a4 by [email protected] |
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@Kroc @lilstevie @maybenot @kcarruthers @WiteWulf Even those are bit hit'n&… |
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Post #AtBB46eod3vIwVcsJE by [email protected] |
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@WiteWulf I find it fascinating that we have data that was put on storage 4000 … |
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Post #AtBB9Kx6uL4Yj4g3o8 by [email protected] |
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@WiteWulf Yep. Well known for a long time. SSDs great for (fast) backup/restore… |
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Post #AtBBAoB5jXKJemv0jY by [email protected] |
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@WiteWulf I wonder how this will affect "rotating rust" hard drives -… |
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Post #AtBBAoHTLoQlyZu6gC by [email protected] |
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@wonka @WiteWulf flash memory for firmware usually lasts way longer due to the … |
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Post #AtBBH5F7CQgMJunDVo by [email protected] |
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@WiteWulf So if you use the drive every few months, it should be Ok?Is the driv… |
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Post #AtBBNivsXy699YxfjE by [email protected] |
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@thomasbeagle @WiteWulf And then your country is suddenly banned from the servi… |
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Post #AtBBNj1uBYv1SFmU7c by [email protected] |
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@tyx @WiteWulf Sorry, clash of jargon there. By online I mean "powered up … |
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@gilesgoat oh mate, you ought to read some of the horror stories of audio engin… |
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Post #AtBBRZemyXRBXlntlw by [email protected] |
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@kcarruthers @WiteWulf I'm shocked every time I hear the only copy of someo… |
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Post #AtBBSpXNPxr35Mw532 by [email protected] |
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@wonka @WiteWulf Yeah, makes me curious about the thumb drives too.On the othe… |
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Post #AtBBThLXMCTByHoO5g by [email protected] |
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@askaaron @WiteWulfI remember papers from a decade ago linking write and storag… |
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Post #AtBBV2TYHhCLnBCSbg by [email protected] |
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@karlauerbach @WiteWulf It does, tested it for you. Had an USB stick for long t… |
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Post #AtBBXhWmcmp5gyys3E by [email protected] |
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@maybenot @kcarruthers @WiteWulf No, HDD drives last longer but will still fail… |
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Post #AtBBXzeBG1R3t8a252 by [email protected] |
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@WiteWulf Is powering them up enough every now and then, or do you have to re-r… |
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Post #AtBBaEw3O3K7sp0ljk by [email protected] |
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@WiteWulf Daaamn 😱 |
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Post #AtBBbQsOTaMjCtrtJ2 by [email protected] |
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@sintrenton Had gotten one with USB-A and USB-C for "if I need one" -… |
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Post #AtBBdeYeZyZYDdh4hE by [email protected] |
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@anizocani @maybenot @kcarruthers @WiteWulf this is true for modern drives with… |
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Post #AtBBkbqz24KLrIaIbY by [email protected] |
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@wonka @WiteWulf All flash memory requires refresh. If they have dedicated fla… |
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@patrick @wonka @WiteWulf and don't forget to keep multiple copies in separ… |
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Post #AtBBmYrX7lfBA2lwlE by [email protected] |
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@WiteWulf Data management 2035? |
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Post #AtBBrNJVUR6cn69Ujg by [email protected] |
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@guardeddon @WiteWulf Practically everything on sale these days is TLC. I'v… |
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@WiteWulf no shit. Do you know, that bit errors are a thing of concern for comp… |
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@flakiThe article you linked is 10 years old! Given multi level flash has becom… |
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Post #AtBBy19UHhtW5KdJJo by [email protected] |
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@WiteWulf The same goes for most flash storage media. Trapping electrons long t… |
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@mespique @WiteWulf Also, cat content was already common with them Egypts. So w… |
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@WiteWulf otoh I have a couple TLC drives I bought 10 years ago and under almos… |
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@WiteWulf yup. There's a reason so much money is spent researching archival… |
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@maybenot @kcarruthers @WiteWulf HDDs have a limited "storage life" a… |
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@TLisaB @maybenot @kcarruthers @WiteWulf I'd assume the gold standard for l… |
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@Natanox tape is good as long as there’s still functional tape drivesMy compa… |
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@WiteWulf How could anyone be surprised at this? Hard Drive has a storage life… |
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@WiteWulf we're just never going to get rid of tape, are we. 🫠 |
