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[–] al177@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 8 months ago

Applying power by itself doesn't keep SSDs from degrading like DRAM though. It's up to the manufacturer to design scrubbing into the controller to correct errors on infrequently accessed data before it's too far gone.