What is the most reliable storage device?

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HolyCinnamon

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What is the most reliable storage device to store photos, videos, etc. without any hardware failures or data corruption?

SSDs, SD Cards, CDs, flash drives, floppy disks?
 
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DataMedic

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I agree with USAFRet, multiple copies in multiple locations.

Keep in mind RAID is not backup, it's intended for uptime. The entire array (even a mirror array) can be corrupted all at the same time. Do a nightly backup onto a different device.

This article explains more about why RAID is not the same as backup: What is RAID?
 
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DataMedic

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And by the way, SSD's are traditionally more reliable than conventional hard drives especially inside of laptops. They will however cost you a fortune to recover the data from if they fail. So you still need a backup of anything important.

There's no getting around it. All data storage media will eventually fail - guaranteed.
 
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