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Posted: **Mon May 11, 2015 10:37 am**

Not trying to be alarmist, FYI:
http://www.zdnet.com/article/solid-stat ... -few-days/

Posted: **Mon May 11, 2015 11:09 am**

That relates to specific enterprise drives and even then, it is related to long term storage in terms of years. Not much to worry about, but interesting. You;d think enterprise drives would be more robust, not less. And frankly, any drive (spinner or not) you leave sitting on a shelf for years is subject to deterioration and freezing. It's just a bad plan in general.

From the article:

...if a solid-state drive is stored in a warm room, say 77°F (25°C), its data can last for about two years. But, if that goes up by a mere few degrees to 86°F (30°C), that data's retention period will be cut in half... It depends entirely on the temperature, but also the type of drive you're using. Most consumer solid-state drives, such as those in high-end performance desktops and certain notebooks (including Apple MacBooks), do not suffer as much. They are designed to retain data for about two years in storage under the right temperature.

Posted: **Thu May 14, 2015 10:35 pm**

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9248/the- ... -retention

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