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HG>In a message dated 06-03-15, Tom Walker said to Holger Granholm:

HG>Good morning Tom,

HG>HG>Well, you are a step ahead of me then. So far I haven't experienced the
HG>HG>flash drives.

HG>TW> Their small size for transfers of files to other locations is nice.
HG>TW> Adn the USB 3 technology is almsot as fast as a Hard Drive.

HG>The USB thumb sticks are better in that they don't need any refresh
HG>cycles.

HG>You wrote that the SSD disks had to be kept alive by activating them
HG>every once in a while.

SSD's are really to new for any real answer but this is what most
experts think:

How long an SSD can store data without power depends on a number of
factors including the number of write cycles that have been used, the
type of flash memory used in the drive, the storage conditions and so
on. A white paper produced by Dell in 2011 stated that it
could be as little as three months to as much as 10 years.

PDF Link:

http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pvaul/en/Solid-State-Drive
FAQ-us.pdf-


Many SSD manufacturers will list data retention either as part of the
specification or the warranty for their drives. The JEDEC Solid State
Technology Association sets the industry standard at one year for
consumer drives.
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