[throw0101b]

> That's a red herring; the magnitude of this effect is usually greatly exaggerated […]

Per JEDEC, Client SSDs have to retain data for 1 year at 30C, and Enterprise SSDs have to retain data for 3 months at 40C:

* https://www.jedec.org/sites/default/files/Alvin_Cox%20[Compa...

I'm sure most last longer, but as a CYA I wouldn't want to rely on that.

[wtallis]

That's the standard for drives that are at end of life, having exhausted their rated write endurance. Those aren't the drives anyone would use for a cold storage backup system. Drives that have only been written to a few times will retain data much longer.