If you believe the reputation is true, then SSDs would need to be exercised at defined intervals to ensure they keep the data stored intact. Numbers commonly cited suggest one year for consumer grade SSDs, and as low as one week for enterprise class SSDs. SSDs (Solid State Drives) have a reputation for having a very low data retention rate. The long range is due to the different architectures used in the manufacturing of modern hard drives. Under those ideal conditions, hard drives are predicted to be able to retain their data for 9 to 20 years. The actual rate cited for various devices is predicated on the storage device being non-powered, undergoing no refresh of the data it contains, and being kept in an ideal storage environment, usually mentioned as around 25 C / 77 F. The ability of a storage device to keep the data it contains intact is known as the data retention rate. So, let’s find out if we need to keep exercising our storage devices to maintain information and performance. Of course, I’ve heard a lot of things, and not all of them bear up well when looked at closely. I’ve even heard it said that SSDs could lose their information in less than a year, and in the worst case, within a few days.

I’ve heard it said that an SSD or hard drive that isn’t used for extended periods of time will likely have performance issues, or worse, actually lose data in the span of a few years.

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