Let’s say civilization collapsed and I still want to run all of my archived games and programs that are on HDD and tapes at good speeds for the foreseeable future. If I get myself a supply of SSD’s and store them in ideal conditions with no data, no power, and stored them in a lead lined container (for pesky cosmic and terrestrial radiation) how long before the components inside the SSD’s would degrade and become unusable. If anyone has any literature that discusses in detail the mechanisms and physics of different SSD’s that would be appreciated also!
Ignoring the data integrity.
I personally think SSDs would last longer then a HDD and their are no moving parts.
Tapes last 15-30 years according to the manufacturer but similar to SSDs will degrade as you use them.
I think it will come down to the environment they are in.