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HG>In a message dated 06-05-15, Tom Walker said to Holger Granholm:

HG>GM Tom,

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

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

HG>The number of write cycles is also a parameter with USB sticks but I
HG>think that that number is seldom achieved due to the normal use of 'em.

True but one figure I have noted is 100,000 Read/Write Cycles for a
flash drive which could take a while to do
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