As SSD explodes in capacity and HDD struggles to keep up look for "archival grade SSD" to emerge as a serious product. I know there's a ridiculous amount of of

As SSD explodes in capacity and HDD struggles to keep up look for "archival grade SSD" to emerge as a serious product. I know there's a ridiculous amount of offline data that must be maintained and tapes aren't always a practical solution. Manufacturers are being very conservative when it comes to retention times. I haven't heard of anyone losing data because they left their SSD powered off for two long, but if you have any anecdotes or reports to share, by all means. Early SSDs were temperamental, flaky, and would burn out quickly. The current generation is durable, almost impossible to burn out, and seems to hold data for years even when powered off. It's like the bad rap that plasma screens got for burning in even when that problem was addressed by the manufacturers.