Friday, November 16, 2018

hard drive - Are SSDs better than HDDs for long term idle storage?

I want to back up some files on an external disk. I won't be accessing the files as often, but I want them to be secure and private. It goes without saying that I don't want to upload them on the cloud, I want them offline.


So my question is, are HDDs suitable for long term storage, or are SSDs better in this regard? What are the variables that I need to consider?

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