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We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time (tm) ). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.

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Most reliable and durable flash drive avalible (16gb+) (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by Tweho@alien.top to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum

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I have mission critical data that needs to travel well, so the plan is to have copies on two flash drives in case one fails. Cloud storage is not an option.

Needs to have very high quality memory chips, and be very resistant to the elements, shock, water etc.

I don't need a ton of storage, 16gb is fine and I don't care much about the speed. Price is not an issue.

Whats the best out there?

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[–] Tweho@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

One point of failure, and not super portable. But I appreciate the thought!

[–] Party_9001@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

One point of failure

And a USB isn't?

and not super portable

Realistically though, an external SSD is probably a better bet overall than a USB. Decent enclosure costs ~$60 plus the cost of whatever ssd you put in it. You said best, so optane is still pretty high up on that list

[–] Tweho@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I'd need to buy two. I said money isn't an issue but scaling down a 3.2tb drive to 16gb seems a bit ridiculous. Wouldn't that money be better spent on an enclosure? Reason I asked for USB is because I can easily fit them in small storage places and can fit in my pocket.