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Regarding contemporary archaeology, I was thinking archaeologists of the future may find things like USB disks, HDDs, but it sounds like both of those last < 10
by anfractuosity 3y ago
Regarding contemporary archaeology, I was thinking archaeologists of the future may find things like USB disks, HDDs, but it sounds like both of those last < 10 years when unused even above the ground. CDs may be readable I guess.
- sitzkrieg 3y agoyou will definitely get over 10 years out of most of them as long as theyre not rusting or something
- anfractuosity 3y agoAre you sure, I'm trying to find some papers, but I've found things like - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/feb/12/most-hard-drives-have-a-lifespan-of-three-to-five-years-have-you-checked-yours-lately https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/feb/12/most-hard... https://superuser.com/questions/1647730/what-is-the-shelf-life-of-an-ssd https://superuser.com/questions/1647730/what-is-the-shelf-li... Edit: This has an interesting table - https://web.ece.ucsb.edu/~parhami/pubs_folder/parh19f-ebdt-data-longevity-compatib.pdf https://web.ece.ucsb.edu/~parhami/pubs_folder/parh19f-ebdt-d...
- sitzkrieg 3y agoi dunno, i still use several hard drives from 2006. and at least one usb drive. ssds with constant writing will probably wear out pretty uniformly, but i was only thinking of actual hard drives that said i have a hilarious 80gb intel ssd from nearly the same period that works fine because its basically unused.
- anfractuosity 3y agoNeat, that's interesting to know.