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Author: Ted Gould
Date:  
To: PLUG Discuss List
Subject: Backup to Thumb Drive

Okay, thumb drives are getting cheap, and I'm curious from a data
retention perspective if they're a good backup medium. I'm worried that
they're slow, but I think that isn't as too much of an issue in my
situation.

What I like to do is take the occasional backup and put it in my safety
deposit box for safe keeping. Currently, I can fit everything on a DVD
which makes that possible (well, everything but pictures/media) but I'm
getting close to that not being an option. I'm thinking that if I
bought two 8GB flash drives that'd fit the bill. But, since the point
of back up is to restore, I was curious what people thought of my
chances there.

    Thanks,
        Ted


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