Jesse Wilkins wrote:
> Hi Angel, 
>
> Some quick Googling about didn't turn up anything about best practices for
> storage. So I'd imagine that if you adhere to the "usual suspects" - not too
> hot or cold, not too humid, don't play hockey with them in the data center,
> etc., flash drives will last long enough - which I define as "until the data
> on them cannot be read due to software incompatibility." 
>
> Most of the stats I saw indicated a shelf life of 1 million write cycles,
> which VERY roughly translates to about 10 years or so of active usage. So if
> you're looking for storage for decades, this wouldn't be it - 
# write cycles not relevant- if it's in storage, then it isn't getting 
written to.
What's important is 'how long does the device retain the data in 
readable condition?' and 'how long will I maintain a system able to read 
it?'


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