Editing Backup (section)

====Solid-state drive====
[[Solid-state drives]] (SSDs) use [[integrated circuit]] assemblies to store data. [[Flash memory]], [[thumb drive]]s, [[USB flash drive]]s, [[CompactFlash]], [[SmartMedia]], [[Memory Stick]]s, and [[Secure Digital card]] devices are relatively expensive for their low capacity, but convenient for backing up relatively low data volumes. A solid-state drive does not contain any movable parts, making it less susceptible to physical damage, and can have huge throughput of around 500&nbsp;Mbit/s up to 6&nbsp;Gbit/s. Available SSDs have become more capacious and cheaper.<ref>{{cite journal
   |title=Solid-State Drives (SSDs) |journal=Proceedings of the IEEE
   |author1=R. Micheloni |author2=P. Olivo
   |volume=105 |issue=9 |pages=1586–88 |year=2017
   |doi=10.1109/JPROC.2017.2727228 }}</ref><ref name=PCMagBest/> Flash memory backups are stable for fewer years than hard disk backups.<ref name="ForbesKeepingDataLongTime" />