[xubuntu-users] Hard drives and backup - Was: Am I the only one who still uses floppies?

Thu Jul 30 11:14:42 UTC 2015

On Thu, 30 Jul 2015 13:02:20 +0200
Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at rocketmail.com>
wrote:
> 
> Are SSDs ok as backup media?

Not sure (there are some issues with data retention when not powered on
for a long time, apparently (*)), and besides they are overkill
price-wise. For backups the performance of a HDD should be ok.

(*)
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9248/the-truth-about-ssd-data-retention

Regards

Antoine.