I have about 100gb and growing that is critical for my business. File size growth is slow, so it will be years and years before it even gets to 200gb.

I have multiple local copies and a copy in google drive, but I want to leave a hard drive at my mother-in-law’s house.

I only want 2.5 form factor or smaller as my mother-in-law will be carrying it here when she comes to visit us on the city.

I’m not sure what the recommendation is. I’m not a millionaire, I’m just freelance. So, I’d like to minimize cost.

  • Helix 🧬@feddit.deEnglish
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    11 months ago

    If you avoid QLC drives, keep it at a reasonable temperature, and don’t use a drive that’s had a large number of write cycles, it will be fine for a year.

    Sounds reasonable. Maybe even use SLC, some enterprise grade SSDs still offer that.

    When hard drives get older, sometimes they will just refuse to spin up after sitting for a long time.

    True. I would recommend to replace them after 5 years or if they’re frequently in use, after 35000 hours, whichever comes first.

    • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      11 months ago

      SLC drives would hold data for a very long time, but they are pretty much only available for industrial use now and come with an industrial price tag. Even MLC is going away, it’s no longer available in consumer grade drives and getting harder to find in enterprise grade drives.