On Monday 18 March 2019 12:25:50 Matthew Crews wrote: > On 3/18/19 6:30 AM, rhkra...@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>