Re: [Hampshire] Use of 4 Gb USB data stick for backup

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Author: Hugo Mills
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Use of 4 Gb USB data stick for backup

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On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 12:29:08PM +0100, David Webb wrote:
> I am considering using a 4 Gb usb data stick for regular (daily?) backups of
> critical data (instead of burning DVDs at longer intervals). I understand
> there may be a power issue when so much memory is involved.


My only warning would be that USB flash storage devices aren't
always necessarily manufactured to the highest of quality, and
trusting your backups to one (especially after repeated writes) isn't
the wisest of choices, in my opinion.

Hugo.

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