SSDs lose data if left without power for just 7 days
Found on International Business Times on Sunday, 10 May 2015
According to a recent presentation by Seagate's Alvin Cox, who is also chairman of the Joint Electron Device Engineering Council (JEDEC), the period of time that data will be retained on an SSD is halved for every 5 degrees Celsius (9 degrees Fahrenheit) rise in temperature in the area where the SSD is stored.
Consumer class SSDs can store data for up to two years before the standard drops, but when it comes to SSDs used by enterprises, the drives are only expected to retain data for a period of three months – a fact confirmed by Samsung, Seagate and Intel's own ratings on their products.
So much for SSD being a better choice. One would think that manufactures would stick a warning label onto the SSD, telling the user that the risk of data loss increases because they bought an enterprise product.