QLC for long-term storage ?
QLC for long-term storage ?
Looking for more silence and more importantly: Less vibrations and humming noises, I'm thinking about replacing my 5 HDDs (10 to 16TB) with SSDs.
Considering Samsung QVO 8TB for their capacity at an acceptable $ / TB price.
But...
I'm a bit wary of QLC.
What's your experience with long-term QLC usage ?
I'm not looking for performance (have 2 NVMEs for that), but reliable, long duration hoarding of medias. Though, there will be quite a bit of writing / overwriting.
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No such thing as long term SSD storage.
All SSDs leak elections. Putting more bits in a cell can potentially make it easier to lose data, but that’s why we use RAID to check, and backups if things go wrong. Realistically, by the time your SSD starts failing, you can buy a new replacement that’s cheaper. High density is where all the manufacturing savings are. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to spend more for SLC when you can get faster, larger, cheaper SSDs and replace as needed.