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I'm told that,<br>
- SSD will hold charge for 10 years when un-powered.<br>
- If powered, internal chip will monitor the bits and do their
magic.<br>
So, if write cycle is within spec, then it will work indefinitely,
subject to chip failure rate.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2026-06-23 02:38, Ron Singh wrote:<br>
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class="gmail_default">It's the literal age of the SSD I am
really worried about -- 9+ years since mfg, 2.5yr of
power-on hours. </div>
<div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"
class="gmail_default">Cells holding an electrical charge
reliably after 10 years say, how much faith should I have in
that?</div>
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