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

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On Monday 18 March 2019 12:25:50 Matthew Crews wrote:

> On 3/18/19 6:30 AM, 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.
>
> My advice: Don't do it.
>
> Pendrives and Micro SD cards are not built for long term reliability.
>
> If your data warrants backing up, use something built for longer term
> storage, like a normal HDD or a tape drive.

And I much prefer a separate hdd and amanda, Recovery is about 10,000% 
faster when working from random access media instead of sequential 
access tape, and I dare say many times more dependable. My backup drive 
has been replaced several times, not because it failed unless you call 
too small a failure.  Currently keeping about 60 days worth on a 2T 
drive. And I've not lost a single bit in well over a decade now. YMMV of 
course, but backups is not anything I've lost sleep over in a long long 
time.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
-- 
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>

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Using USB Flash / Pendrives or [micro]SD cards for backup rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-03-18 14:40 +0100
  Re: Using USB Flash / Pendrives or [micro]SD cards for backup Charlie Kravetz <charlie@keepingdreams.com> - 2019-03-18 15:20 +0100
  Re: Using USB Flash / Pendrives or [micro]SD cards for backup Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2019-03-18 15:30 +0100
  Re: Using USB Flash / Pendrives or [micro]SD cards for backup "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-03-18 15:40 +0100
    Re: Using USB Flash / Pendrives or [micro]SD cards for backup "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2019-03-18 16:20 +0100
      Re: Using USB Flash / Pendrives or [micro]SD cards for backup Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-03-18 17:20 +0100
  Re: Using USB Flash / Pendrives or [micro]SD cards for backup Matthew Crews <mailinglists@mattcrews.com> - 2019-03-18 17:30 +0100
    Re: Using USB Flash / Pendrives or [micro]SD cards for backup Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-03-18 18:20 +0100
  Re: Using USB Flash / Pendrives or [micro]SD cards for backup Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2019-03-18 18:20 +0100

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