"Michael A. Terrell" wrote:

There is no moving mechanical mass in a solid state drive so it's a
lot faster that conventional drives. there is no oxide to shed from the
spinning media, and they don't mind vibration or suffer from mechanical
shock like older drives.

But the flash cells have a finite life as in write cycles.

Sophisticated wear leveling algorithms try to keep the wear spread across the cells.

The technology is improving but it isn't at a price point to drop spinning metal platters
yet. My pile of drives that have failed or were recovered and no longer trusted is
getting pretty darn big.

Then there is the issue that a CDROM or DVDROM doesn't have an archival lifespan. I fear
a whole lot of digital content is going to die faster that content produced only 50 years
ago. 1980-2030, the lost decades.

Wes

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