I think it is a great idea. When I run Ubuntu on my work notebook, an 8GB flash key is not only my home directory, but my root as well.
Flash does wear out (though the onboard controller on the keys should manage a lot of that issue), and can fail like any other electronics. It is still early days, but I would imagine solid-state permanent storage is going to completely supplant rotating disks (but the disk manufacturers haven't given up quite yet) Regards, Martin martinvisse...@gmail.com On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Geoffrey <gcomb...@bigpond.com> wrote: > Having installed grsync I am about to buy an external memory to back up > my Ubuntu home directory. > For what I do on a PC I don't need much memory. At present there is 5.6 > Gb on the HDD. This will increase but probably never exceed 20 Gb. > The smallest and cheapest external disc drive is a 2.5" 250 Gb USB > device costing about $85. > However I have found a USB flash memory 'stick' with 32 Gb capacity for > about $30 (source: e-Bay). It's from Hong Kong, is new but of unknown > brand and quality. > Being non-mechanical flash memory should have greater long term > reliability than a 2.5" externala drive. I am already using a Verbatum 2 > Gb flash memory which has synchronisation software (MS Windows) > installed for a few XP My Documents files. It is a convenient way of > continually updating backed-up data. > Given my small memory requirement what do members think? > Geoffrey Combes > > > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au >
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