so , google google high 16 but i gone post a poll like i were high and 16...
whats your choice?
when i turn it on every half year ,ssd should be better ?

 

BTW... man the usb sticks these days are crazy huge .

 

newer technology is usually better choice

 

HDDs give you still much better capacity/cost ratio, period.

archival or daily use?
for daily use, NAS (network attached storage) with multiple disks is more convenient than bunch of disks attached to a hub/pc

 

I have 45 ssd about 2TB size but the most resistant were my old HD from Seagate Ironwolf. In a year got 3 dead ssds. Maybe jujst bad luck but these were my experience.

 

You should back up really important files three times, BluRay, DVD, CD!

An SSD can also be dropped sometimes, the latest 4TB Samsung Portable SSD T7 Shield USB 3.2 Gen 2 Black - EUR 318.99 - is even rubberized on the outside and has shock protection, a lot of money but I have data on it that I want to use in 10 or 20 years.

I've only had bad experiences with HDDs. But I have one that works and works.
Also think about fire protection, there are also fireproof cases.

 

Backblaze (storage provider) stats: AFR = annual failure rate

Over the course of year six, a HDD is ~3.9 times more likely to fail than an SSD of the same age

 

from my short research the getting near to equal but ive no real overview bout the whole and the good stuff

ssd def die more than hdd in my book but my parameters may be shitty deriving this conclusion

 

rather sort of hybrid of both

 

i guess this quality isnt made anymore...
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are ppl here knowing current proper tabelles/excels sites indexing all the products ?

 

Backblaze has data for some models.

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-2023/
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-2022/

Looks like Seagate is the worst among their selection of models.

 

This is my personal opinion, but...

HDD - High cost performance, cheaper than SSD when comparing capacity. However, it is vulnerable to shocks and has lower shock resistance than SSD. It is considered to be the best for stationary use.

SSD - It is more expensive than HDD, but has shock resistance. However, there are still few large capacity types like HDD. It is suitable if you travel frequently or want something that can be carried around.

 

from my experience it's roughly same, major difference is, SSD "bricks" but HDD starts dying "gradually" - so from failed SSD you recover nothing, but from failing HDD you may recover majority of data

then you gotta have both,
HDD for mass archival, and SSD for "hot" (recent/frequent) data and carrying around as @carmenrinda says^^

btw @Auen Fred don't get fooled by crazy huge capacity USB sticks, they're relatively very slow in daily use compared to cheapest SSDs, not worth just the smaller footprint imo

 

I have bad experience with an external solid state drive which was not powered on for about 2-3 years and lost data. On the other hand, I still have some external HDD drives bought in 2008 and they work OK.
Also, as said before here, HDD drives rarely die at once - in most cases you have some time to rescue your data. I always check my disks' health with Crystal Disk Info.

And no, newer technology is not always better. It is different and achieves different goals (in case os SSD it is speed).

 

Thanks!

I've heard that large capacity USB sticks are dangerous, so it might be wise to hold off on them for now.

Also, while USB memory sticks are small and easy to carry, they can be dropped and lost, or physically damaged. Also, the flash memory inside a USB memory stick has the disadvantage that it gradually deteriorates over time.

Not only does it deteriorate from repeatedly writing and deleting data, but it also deteriorates even if it is left unused, so it is not suitable for long-term data storage or backing up important data. I think it's better to think of USB memory sticks as a tool for temporary storage or to carry copied data.

 

If you care about your data, make a NAS with a couple of HDDs in RAID with parity so you can have a safer backup of your data.

If you care about your SSDs longevity, don't write a lot to them and use them for mainly reading data. You can avoid most of the constant writing by using a RAM disk and putting page file, TMP folder, and browser cache on it. Use all that RAM you have. ;) Also, there's nothing faster than a RAM disk. However, the data on it disappears after restart... unless you make a backup before restart. There are some RAM disks with this feature.

 

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I use both. SSD's for working on stuff, and libraries/assets/projects/sessions etc, and large HDD's for either less used stuff or legacy projects/etc etc in addition to backing up my SSD's daily to HDD if I've made any changes, and I have a few large HDD's that are in different places (whether in a fire safe in another country) or on the shelf as not connected. I definitely try to adhere to the 3-2-1 backup plan, and recently collated so so many drives....

It sucks that the price of HDD's have gone up a lot of late for different reasons, otherwise I'd be picking up another 20TB or 2....
And SSD's don't cost what they did in 2023, and aren't going to for awhile from all research..

So obviously it depends on your needs and amount of data, but I would absolutely backup everything, and I do thrice.

I've never regretted it. It's just part of the cost of doing business or insuring your personal data etc as well is as secure as reasonably possible.

Sidenote: it's funny, as I have scsi hdd's from the early/mid 90's that still work just fine.

The only drives I've really lost over many years tend to be 2.5 spinners (and more likely as those porta drives get, well, portable, and whatnot), or something user error... I think I've only lost 1 or 2 3.5 hdd over decades, but again, that stuff was backed up...

I've had an ssd drop it's contents etc, and was able to recover, but I've had ssd's that weren't powered up for 5+ years that are just fine... that said, I'm just a small sample set. (although I have had 100's of drives over a fairly decent length of time...)

 

if you rub them they double in size....

 

This is a good explanation for newbies and experts alike, its worth a watch.
Surprizingly, Good quality cd's and DVD's have a pretty long shelf life, but of course
hard drives take up less space, but they have to be spun up every few years..



Storage Media Life Expectancy: SSDs, HDDs & More!