Storage Media Life Expectancy: SSDs, HDDs & More!

Lifespan of hard drives, SSDs, and other magnetic, solid state and optical media. My 2023 video “Explaining SSDs” is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8k_XIEhKWo And my previous video on M-Disc is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pekgrP-v5O0 I also have a related data retention video called “Cyber Security: Backups & Encryption”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEP9GTs1lZs SELECTED REFERENCES Arcserve “Data Storage Lifespans”: https://www.arcserve.com/blog/data-storage-lifespans-how-long-will-media-really-last Backblaze “Backblaze Drive Stats for Q1 2023”: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q1-2023/ Backblaze “How Long do Disk Drives Last?”: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/how-long-do-disk-drives-last/ Canadian Conversation Institute “Longevity of Recordable CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays”: https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes/longevity-recordable-cds-dvds.html CLIR “How Long Can You Store CDs and DVDs and Use Them Again?”: https://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub121/sec4/ Easeus “Does and SSD Need Power to Retain Data?”: https://www.easeus.com/resource/does-ssd-need-power.html Easeus “How Long Do Hard Drives or External Hard Drives Last (If Unused)”: https://www.easeus.com/storage-media-recovery/how-long-do-hard-drives-last.html ELinfor “Flash memory data retention and integrity technology”: https://www.elinfor.com/knowledge/flash-memory-data-retention-and-integrity-technology-p-10905 Enterprise Storage Forum: “Life Expectancy of a Drive: HDD, SSD, and Flash”: https://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/hardware/life-expectancy-of-a-drive/ Google Patents “Patrol function used in flash storage controller to detect data errors”: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20090172499A1/en IBM “Potential for SSD data loss after extended shutdown”: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/potential-ssd-data-loss-after-extended-shutdown IEEE Xplore “Data retention in MLC NAND flash memory”: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7056062 IONAS “How Long is SSD Life Span?”: https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/server/security/ssd-life-span/ JEDEC “JECEC SSD Specifications Explained”: https://www.jedec.org/sites/default/files/Alvin_Cox%20%5BCompatibility%20Mode%5D_0.pdf Micron “Comparing SSD and HDD Endurance in the Age of QLC SSDs”: https://www.micron.com/-/media/client/global/documents/products/white-paper/5210_ssd_vs_hdd_endurance_white_paper.pdf Pioneer “BDRZ13”: https://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Computer/Computer+Drives/BDR-X13UBK Robots.net “How Long Can SSD Hold Data Without Power”: https://robots.net/tech/how-long-can-ssd-hold-data-without-power/ SD Association “FAQ”: https://www.sdcard.org/consumers/faq/ Secure Data Recovery “How Long do Hard Drives Last”: https://www.securedatarecovery.com/blog/how-long-do-hard-drives-last Segate “Establishing Industry Endurance Standards for Solid State Storage”: https://www.seagate.com/files/staticfiles/docs/pdf/whitepaper/tp618-ssd-tech-paper-us.pdf Superuser “Lifespan of an SSD (NAND Flash) for minimal write use archive purposes”: https://superuser.com/questions/1334494/lifespan-of-an-ssd-nand-flash-for-minimal-write-use-archive-purposes-write-on Superuser “SSD Data Refresh”: https://superuser.com/questions/923081/ssd-data-refresh TechTarget “What is NAND Flash wear-out?”: https://www.techtarget.com/searchstorage/definition/NAND-flash-wear-out Total Data Migration “Storage Lifespan FAQs - Tape Data Services”: https://totaldatamigration.com/storage-lifespan-faqs TechTarget “Charge trap technology advantages for 3D NAND flash drives”: https://www.techtarget.com/searchstorage/tip/Charge-trap-technology-advantages-for-3D-NAND-flash-drives More videos on computing and related topics can be found at: http://www.youtube.com/@ExplainingComputers You may also like my ExplainingTheFuture channel at: http://www.youtube.com/@ExplainingTheFuture Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:37 Data Survival (overview) 02:25 Hard Drive Life Expectancy 07:07 Other Magnetic Storage 08:15 SSD Life Expectancy 13:30 Flash Drives & Memory Cards 14:17 CDs, DVDs & Blu-Ray 17:04 Data Immortality #SSD #Lifespan #HDD #DVD #Blu-Ray #ExplainingComputers