[kwlug-disc] SSD life

William Park opengeometry at yahoo.ca
Tue Jun 23 15:45:39 EDT 2026


I'm told that,
     - SSD will hold charge for 10 years when un-powered.
     - If powered, internal chip will monitor the bits and do their magic.
So, if write cycle is within spec, then it will work indefinitely, 
subject to chip failure rate.

On 2026-06-23 02:38, Ron Singh wrote:
> It's the literal age of the SSD I am really worried about -- 9+ years 
> since mfg, 2.5yr of power-on hours.
> Cells holding an electrical charge reliably after 10 years say, how 
> much faith should I have in that?
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