Samsung T7 500GB SSD 3-1/2 year / 42-month archival test complete.

[DDTJRAC]

This is #4 out of #6 SSD archival tests underway. The Samsung T7 500GB SSD was formatted on 9.1.22 and 449GB of data was put on it. It has not been plugged in since 9.1.22. I checked it today, 3.1.26 and everything was fine.

Future tests will be for #5 / 56 months and #6 / 68 months.

I will also retest #4 for a 10-year test. It will test not rewriting the data over a 10-year period with just one plug in to recharge over 10 years. That test is due on 9.1.32.

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[wiltw]

I presume that your test methodology entails that, for example, #5 is not powered on at all, during the interval between 2022 and 4.5 years later...so this evaluates data retention across long intervals without power?!
And #4 evaluation would be 10 years from 2022, but inclusive of a single power up for initial evalution at 42mo. I might suggest consideration that unit #5 testing at 56mo be ignored, and to wait full 10 years without any interim powerup