Software-dependent devices: do they now need expiration dates?

Re:Software-dependent devices: do they now need expiration d... by JohnFen on Friday February 07, 2020 @01:01PM (#22268781)

> Hard drives last about 5 years.

I've often heard this, but I regularly use hard drives for much longer than that. I've only ever had one fail.

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Re:Software-dependent devices: do they now need expiration d... by winternett on Friday February 07, 2020 @01:47PM (#22269259)

SSDs now though may likely change that. If they fail early, they were likely manufactured to do so, or there was some other issue like power surges.

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Re:Software-dependent devices: do they now need expiration d... by JohnFen on Friday February 07, 2020 @02:12PM (#22269589)

True, but I'm not yet comfortable with using SSDs for anything of importance.

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