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Is that really "SD cards won't last 100 years" or "...won't last for 100 years of read/write operation"? That's solid state storage. If it won't last 100 years
by jagged-chisel 6y ago
Is that really "SD cards won't last 100 years" or "...won't last for 100 years of read/write operation"?
That's solid state storage. If it won't last 100 years just sitting around, what possibly could? I think we just have to assume some amount of archivist activity is inevitable if we want data to last decades or even centuries: someone must copy the data periodically; and the data needs error correction built in.
- dwheeler 6y agoSD cards are useless for long term storage, they last maybe 5 years: http://www.datarecoveryspecialists.co.uk/blog/what-is-the-life-expectancy-of-an-sd-card http://www.datarecoveryspecialists.co.uk/blog/what-is-the-li... They depend on holding electrons within cells, and over time the electrons leak out.