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Re: Using USB Flash / Pendrives or [micro]SD cards for backup



On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 09:30:13AM -0400, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
Is anyone (reading this list) using USB Flash / Pendrives or [micro]SD cards
for backup?

I've thought about doing that, especially as they continue to come down in
price, but my experience with them  at least in some cases has not been good.

The worst case seems to be dash cams where, after about a year or so they just
stop working, but I've had at least one similar case using them for data
storage.

yeah, they tend to just stop working randomly. on the other hand, any backup is better than no backup, so I'd advise using flash drives until you have a better idea. (more than one; the odds of two dying at the same time as your primary disk are pretty low.)


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