For back up storage I only plan to plug in occasionally is a SSD or HDD portable drive better for long term unpowered storage without data loss?
For back up storage I only plan to plug in occasionally is a SSD or HDD portable drive better for long term unpowered storage without data loss?
SSD drives have been getting cheaper, so been looking into it.
The whole "SSD's lose their data if they're unplugged" is a bit of a moot point especially if your plan isn't to bury it underground for centuries. That said personally I'd still go for HDD mainly because you get 4+ times the storage for the same price. If you only need a terabyte or so and the amount of data isn't going to grow then sure, SSD works just as well.
Thank you. Yeah, I had seen comments about the unplugged issues but then people saying that it isn't an issue now. I also wondered for like saving video game content from OBS that I am going to end up deleting for clips I don't need is SSD or HDD preferred for that if there is going to be a lot of saving and erasing videos? Assuming price didn't matter and more just on longevity of the drive.