Why I Don't use Solid State Drives

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Some people have reported problems with Sandisk Solid State Drives. My best advice would be to avoid the Gen 3 4TB drives and stick with 2TB or the Gen 2 drives.

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[AnthonyGugliotta]

SSDs are prohibitively expensive for offline, long term storage of large amounts of data. I only use SSDs for working files, and once I'm done I archive my projects onto multiple less expensive HDDs with RAID for redundancy. That then gets backed up to to the cloud. See my latest video for a full breakdown. ☺️

[OwaisAbbasiMrWOLF]

SSDs are not suitable for long term data storage because they store data as an electric charge and when ssd is kept for a long time without power some of charge may leak out and you may loose your data or data might get unusable. Ssd companies guarantee 1 year data retention without power.

[juliashenandoah]

Don´t worry. I use SSD´s since 2015 and even my oldest intenso 256 GB SSD has all files fully intact. I never had any file loss on any SSD or NVMe, while in the meantime one mechanical drive has bitten the dust. If the data is extremely valuable and important there is still the possibility to recover a dead mechanical drive for a few thousand dollars in some recovery center (I don´t know if this is possible with an SSD) so that is one huge plus for mechanical drives :)

[NoThumb]

What he meant to say is that SSDs have a limited amount of reads and writes they can perform. After it reaches (around) that limit, the drive becomes a brick and you can't do anything with it anymore except maybe look at it and cry if you didn't have backups of your backups.

[lisanyijimenez]

When shopping around for mine I was shook because I didn't know the level of unreliability these have. There was not 1 single brand (even big name brands) I checked that didn't have hundreds of comments talking about how the drive died out of nowhere, stopped reading after a few months, lost data forever, etc. I know a lot of factors go into this but it's scary not knowing if you'll lose your data any day.

[shahrulvm]

Managing your important files is crucial. Some people take this very lightly until they lose their files. Files need to be managed hybrid (offline + cloud).

[ataho]

Maby you're not aware that ssd drives are used in NAS units today since the price per GB has significantly droped. Also ssd's loke the seagate firecuda 530 have up to 5000 TBW. Meaning that you can write and delete 90% of the drive every single day for 5 years without voiding the warranty.

[iggytse]

Long term archiving is better on HDD. If the controller breaks you can get it fixed as the data is magnetic stored on disk. If a controller on an SSD goes you will have no luck trying to get that data back.

[soju]

Spinning drives aren’t exactly known to be reliable either. If you want the best backup you might as well build a NAS with a redundant array of ssds.

[mikloconte]

here's what never to do. rely on a nas. mechanical discs break more easily than ssd discs (difficult to corrupt with temperatures, magnets, shocks, water, etc.)

[Bombbeachh]

Hot take! Hot take!
A bit misleading. I think the lesson is actually to have a backup copy and not use a single portable drive for long term storage. SSD or otherwise.
SSDs are actually better for long-term storage than HDDs because HDDs are more prone to failure. SSD raids are about to become common place as the price comes down.

[easolstice]

Now we need a response to what a NAS is

[EkodeInk]

Solid State Drives store information using energy. Energy can dissipate. Hard Drives store information with magnetic charges. Doesn’t dissipate unless subjected to another magnet.

[gem]

I don't understand the negative comments! I thought it was common knowledge that ssd aren't good for achieving or backup without power, Hdds are more reliable in that regard.

[RJR]

I’ve heard of those Sandisk SSDs failing for many people. A Samsung T7 shield should last much longer

[lawrence.porter]

Don't say why or anything! Your NAS isn't a long term solution either. People will disagree but my long term was burning to discs. I have data on discs I burned nearly 20 years ago and it's still perfect. I can't say the same for any flash drive, NAND or hard drive though. NAND has a limited number of read/write so I guess a relatively newish one will keep your data safe for years but they are all prone to some malfunction or other.

[henrikandersson]

Confusing statement "willing to lose"? Why would you be willing to lose any of your files?

[nathanfielure]

16tb drives are like $200. Don't get anything below x16 seagate drives. Get WD if you can afford it.

[yeety]

he didnt explain why, also only applies to older ssds really

[Retro_Mage]

You need to power on the SSD drive you're using at least a couple times a year, so the drive doesn't get data corruption.