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Which is the best micro sd card company/manufacturer you can recommend ? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I don't care about speed, bigger storage, or small price difference all i want is it to not start corrupting my files randomly, die really fast, be unreliable etc . i just want something to put my files on then delete em and add something else, and forget about it and have it work for atleast 10 years . I don't really transfer a lot of big files so i don't think the memory cycles thing is gonna be a big problem . I used to think sandisk was good as i have an old 7+ year sd which still works without any issue but recently i bought another one which started corrupting my files and stopped working on my device under a year and i'm beginning to think sandisk is not that good anymore so share your experiences and opinions/thoughts etc .

Also i don't know where else to ask or if this is the right /c/ so feel free to let me know and i'll take it down but don't downvote incase i can actually get some answers .

Edit : This is probably a dumb question but does always being in a device reduce lifetime compared to being kept out of devices after putting data in it ? It is designed to be put in devices right so it shouldn't affect it right ?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The read-only fail-safe mode only prevents additional write operations from further wearing out the NAND cells, as reading does not cause nearly as much damage as writing does. This is to allow any data to be read off the drive before it is discarded.

As such, SSD lifetime is usually measured in how much can be written to it before it fails. The data should not start to become significantly corrupt before the drive cuts you off.

But this won't save OP. Unplugged, the electric charges that represent the data inside the SSD, will fade. Unpowered, the data on an SSD will begin to simply "leak away" within 3-5 years, as the NAND cells lose their charges representing the binary data.

If this is allowed to happen, the drive will be fine the next time you go to plug it in, but the data will simply be gone.