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What is the Shelf Life of SSD’s?
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We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time (tm) ). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.
Modern NOR flash has an expected lifespan of 10-40 years depending on the part. This is established using accelerated aging models. This assumes that no unaccounted-for design or manufacturing flaws arise in that time.
Oh that's interesting and might be an issue with the OP's 50 year time line