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:
   • Explaining SSDs: The Price/Performanc...  

And my previous video on M-Disc is here:
   • Archiving with M-Disc  

I also have a related data retention video called “Cyber Security: Backups & Encryption”:    • Cyber Security: Backups & Encryption  

SELECTED REFERENCES

Arcserve “Data Storage Lifespans”: https://www.arcserve.com/blog/data-st...

Backblaze “Backblaze Drive Stats for Q1 2023”: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backbl...

Backblaze “How Long do Disk Drives Last?”: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/how-lo...

Canadian Conversation Institute “Longevity of Recordable CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays”: https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation...

CLIR “How Long Can You Store CDs and DVDs and Use Them Again?”: https://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub...

Easeus “Does and SSD Need Power to Retain Data?”: https://www.easeus.com/resource/does-...

Easeus “How Long Do Hard Drives or External Hard Drives Last (If Unused)”: https://www.easeus.com/storage-media-...

ELinfor “Flash memory data retention and integrity technology”: https://www.elinfor.com/knowledge/fla...

Enterprise Storage Forum: “Life Expectancy of a Drive: HDD, SSD, and Flash”: https://www.enterprisestorageforum.co...

Google Patents “Patrol function used in flash storage controller to detect data errors”: https://patents.google.com/patent/US2...

IBM “Potential for SSD data loss after extended shutdown”: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/pot...

IEEE Xplore “Data retention in MLC NAND flash memory”: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/...

IONAS “How Long is SSD Life Span?”: https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/...

JEDEC “JECEC SSD Specifications Explained”: https://www.jedec.org/sites/default/f...

Micron “Comparing SSD and HDD Endurance in the Age of QLC SSDs”: https://www.micron.com/-/media/client...

Pioneer “BDRZ13”: https://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PU...

Robots.net “How Long Can SSD Hold Data Without Power”: https://robots.net/tech/how-long-can-...

SD Association “FAQ”: https://www.sdcard.org/consumers/faq/

Secure Data Recovery “How Long do Hard Drives Last”: https://www.securedatarecovery.com/bl...

Segate “Establishing Industry Endurance Standards for Solid State Storage”: https://www.seagate.com/files/staticf...

Superuser “Lifespan of an SSD (NAND Flash) for minimal write use archive purposes”: https://superuser.com/questions/13344...

Superuser “SSD Data Refresh”: https://superuser.com/questions/92308...

TechTarget “What is NAND Flash wear-out?”: https://www.techtarget.com/searchstor...

Total Data Migration “Storage Lifespan FAQs - Tape Data Services”: https://totaldatamigration.com/storag...

TechTarget “Charge trap technology advantages for 3D NAND flash drives”: https://www.techtarget.com/searchstor...

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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

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