[PLUG] Reliable long term, off-line storage

Dick Steffens dick at dicksteffens.com
Mon Aug 27 20:48:40 UTC 2018


On 08/27/2018 01:43 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Aug 2018 13:15:40 -0700
> Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com> dijo:
>
>> Are thumb drives good for that?
> I don't know how many bytes of space you need, but I just bought a
> couple of 256GB PNY USB-3 Generation 1 thumb drives from Best Buy via
> eBay for $50 each.

I still don't know, either. But, good to know about those. I have a 
feeling 256GB is more than enough.

>> I recall reading several years ago that CD/DVD disks degrade over
>> time. Is that still true?
> Everything degrades over time, including you and me.

So, be sure to run a refresh every so often. :-)

-- 
Regards,

Dick Steffens




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