▲ 3 ▼ For back up storage I only plan to plug in occasionally is a SSD or HDD portable drive better for long term unpowered storage without data loss? (lemmy.one) submitted 3 years ago by NightOwl@lemmy.one to c/datahoarder@lemmy.ml 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments SSD drives have been getting cheaper, so been looking into it.
[–] laxika@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child) HDDs are not unmetered warranty wise. My new 18TB Seagates has a something like 150TB/year write endurance (TBW) if I want to keep the warranty. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Malossi167@feddit.de 2 points 3 years ago The Seagate Ironwolfs 18TB have a Workload Rate Limit (WRL) of 300TB/year, as do some WD models. Unlike SSDs this WRL includes not only writes but reads as well. (page 2, end) If you do a monthly scrub you already have 216TB of reads so it can be safely assumed that a lot of customers blow well past these numbers. This limit is in use since the 2TB drive area and simply does not fit 9x larger drives. ServeTheHome talked about this years ago. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Malossi167@feddit.de 2 points 3 years ago The Seagate Ironwolfs 18TB have a Workload Rate Limit (WRL) of 300TB/year, as do some WD models. Unlike SSDs this WRL includes not only writes but reads as well. (page 2, end) If you do a monthly scrub you already have 216TB of reads so it can be safely assumed that a lot of customers blow well past these numbers. This limit is in use since the 2TB drive area and simply does not fit 9x larger drives. ServeTheHome talked about this years ago. permalink fedilink source parent