Comment by nirui
4 days ago
The simplest trick is just don't use SSD for long term backup, use a normal magnetic hard drive instead, those thing way lasts _longer_ (but not forever, even in human timescale).
I have a HDD that was 17+ years since it last powered on. I dug it out recently to re-establish some memories, and discovered that it still reads. But of course you need to take care of them well, put them in an Anti-Static Bag or something similar, and make sure the storage environment is dry.
It's not prefect, but at least you don't have to struggle that much maintaining SSDs.
> thing way lasts _longer_
Sometimes I come back to my old post and feel the "What The Fuck" in all cap.
When I was typing that, my brain jumped ahead thinking maybe I should also tell the fact that the data don't actually last forever, which distracted me and there you go, "way lasts longer" instead of "lasts way longer".
I'm seeing threads where even for HDDs people are recommending you mount them yearly to do a full check of the data and to ensure that everything keeps moving freely.
regardless if it actually helps the longevity, it's probably a pretty good way to notice when you need another copy of the data. If you have your precious data on three harddrives and one starts thowing errors during your yearly check, you can get a replacement in good time
Superstition....
While unlikely solar flares or other environmental conditions could damage data over a long time.