>backing anything up on pic related when SD cards exist WHY?!

>>60817842
SSD can potentially loose data if they stay unpowered for a long time.

>>60817855
>tfw my data is loose
time to duct tape my datas then

>>60817855

When people say the life of an HD is X amount of time, does that usually assume that the drive is being used (in a desktop for example) the entire time?

>buy drive
>back things up on drive
>leave drive in closet for 5 years

Time to buy a NEW spinning drive and copy everything over in case the old one fails, then put 'em both back in the closet?

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>>60817842
Because a 3tb ST card cost a lot more than a portable hard disk, and is much less reliable while also being easy to lose/steal.

>>60817880
You should always have multiple backups of your most important data.

>>60817949
>implying any of it is important

Pretend the analogy was
>buy 2 drives
>back things up on drives
>leave drives in closet for 5 years

Time to buy a 3rd & 4th drive, copy over your data, and put all 4 in the closet for another 5 years until buying 5 and 6?

SD cards are slower when compared to an HDD, SSD a lot faster tho

>>60817974
Yes. You absolutely need to have your backup on multiple formats from different brands.

Want an SSD? sure. use it as your main
Get a regular WD and keep a longer duration backup on it.
Get a Seagate incase the WD just stops working randomly.

>>60818039
Fucked up on your SSD, and overwrote some data?
Cool, the WD has a backup from 8 months ago.

>>60818039
>recommending brands instead of saying hdds

>>60817842
SD cards have worse read/write and will eventually stop working if you keep on writing copious amounts of data on it.

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>>60817855
HDDs have the same problem.
The problem here is that we KNOW that SSDs die after about X read/write cycles. HDDs dont. HDDs (most of the time) only die because of mechanical damage, which is a lot less common than an SSD dieing just for the sake of it.

>>60818400
>HDDs have the same problem.
are you retarded?

>>60818530
No.
That's just fuckin normal and has physical reasons that the magnetic fields for the bits get fucked over time.
Learn how 2 HDD, nigger

>>60818530
>>60818561
PS: it is obviously not the same reason WHY they lose data when unpowered for a long time, but both definitly do.

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>>60818530
Other anon here.
HDDs work by magnetizing parts of the platter (aka the hard drive) to store data.
And this magnetic data can also be lost by external influences
>>60818568
Ye
DVDs do too incase you think thise are safe.

>>60818586
>DVDs do too incase you think thise are safe.
No, but they can be stored a lot longer.
http://datacenterfrontier.com/inside-facebooks-blu-ray-cold-storage-data-center/

>>60818586
>DVDs
They're physically carved pits on the plastic, how would they even lose data?

>>60818561
>he doesn't keep his backups in an electromagnetically shielded safe

>>60817842
Tape muh nigguh.

>>60817842
The best backup option are optical media.

>>60817842
flash memory is not useful for long term offline backup.

>>60817842
Flash storage is pretty comfy for on the go data availability. I knew this guy that had a credit card sized SD card holder in his wallet with something ridiculous like terabytes of capacity so he always had his backups. (He used a Thinkpad running libreboot in case you were wondering.) However, they're pretty shit for real back ups. They fail too often and have shitty read/write times. The best option for available local back ups is a server that periodically fires up to take back ups, and then shuts down. There's so many online solutions you'd be a fool not to include one (with your data personally encrypted of course) in your back up plan. Long term back ups, DVD/Blu-Ray made for data archiving is king. Keep one set at your home in a disaster proof lock box and a second in a safety deposit box.

>>60817842
sd cards are kings of corruption

>>60817842
Ssd for daily use
Hdd for backups

>>60818609
Disc rot

>>60818609
DVD-Rs use an organic dye that can degrade over time. Most (all?) BD-Rs use an inorganic data layer. M-DISK is proprietary (expensive) that uses a data layer that is more resistant to oxygen but needs a stronger laser to record the data.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-DISC

>>60817842
idiot

> Get a 64gb class 10 Sandisk card
> Put it in my chinky MP3 player
> Occasionally copy music to it
> Mostly just play for a couple hours a day
> Dies after eight months
SD cards are SHIT

>>60819445
I have a 64GB SD card that i have had for 2 years.
I bet it got wet or something.

/g/ is hopeless when it comes to storage
Because the number 1 rule to storage is keeping the item in a cool , dry place.

to anons here they are rather....ummm...alright you are all stupid IMO.