• @thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world
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    79 days ago

    Hard drives have longer shelf life than unpowered SSD. HDD are a good middle ground between SSD speeds, tape drive stability, and price they won’t go anywhere. The data world exists in tiers

    • @enumerator4829@sh.itjust.works
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      19 days ago

      The flaw with hard drives comes with large pools. The recovery speed is simply too slow when a drive fails, unless you build huge pools. So you need additional drives for more parity.

      I don’t know who cares about shelf life. Drives spin all their lives, which is 5-10 years. Use M-Disk or something if you want shelf life.

      • DFX4509B
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        18 days ago

        Tape is rated to a 30-year shelf life under ideal conditions.