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		samcheng on June 22, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SSD Prices in a Free Fall This problem is overblown. A new SSD should be expected to have 10 years of data retention, according to: http://www.anandtech.com/show/9248/the-truth-about-ssd-data-...

astrodust on June 22, 2015 [–]

The problem has to do with the temperature you write at and the temperature you store it at. If, for some reason, you're writing in a very cold environment and storing in a very hot one the lifespan is diminished. If it's the opposite, you're golden.

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