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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)
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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.

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

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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.

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Whats the best out there?

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

I follow the idea. Two is one and one is none. Buy three flash drives and copy your data onto all three. Flash drives are fairly cheap and if you end up losing one due to failure or other reasons, buy a new drive locally and copy your data on it. Are you going on a safari or something?

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

I think i'm going to go with two Corsair voyager gt's as mentioned in another comment and two sandisk extreme pros in a pelican case at two locations (one of each type at two locations).

Barring an act of god, that should be sufficient.

Thanks!