V.T. Eric Layton Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 (edited) SSDs can lose data in seven days http://www.techeye.n...a-in-seven-days Spreading the FUD. It's a dirty job; someone has to do it. Edited May 11, 2015 by V.T. Eric Layton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Yup, complete FUD!! I left my EEEPc 701 (4gb ssd)turned off for two years and it worked just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Like one comment said: Except.. they don't. They work fine. I have dozens sitting around with different data sets. They aren't powered on for weeks, sometimes months at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 My drives almost never lose data... unless I get close to them with a magnet. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goretsky Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Hello, Did they mean enterprise SSDs? Those use supercapacitors to back up cached data, and maybe that's what gets lost. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Hello, Did they mean enterprise SSDs? Those use supercapacitors to back up cached data, and maybe that's what gets lost. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky That makes sense and is probably the case. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlim Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I saw this Consumer class SSDs can store data for up to two years before the standard drops and figured, I'm good. One less thing to worry about! I wonder why "consumer grade" is better than "enterprise"? Usually it is the other way around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 I did not read the article, it was not worth my time. But I did just fire up an SSD that has been gathering dust on my shelf for way over 1 year with no power, not in any computer or device. All data was exactly as I had it when stored. An SSD in a computer that is powered off may still be receiving a trickle of juice, unless there is no battery and it is unplugged. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Yeah like Aryeh said, this is probably for enterprise SSDs, not consumer grade drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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