But isn't the punishment just a tad harsh? Hung and drawn - but not quartered, surely?
Well, you could just send them to the Danish bacon factory I saw on TV yesterday where a robot will happily conduct all three in one the blink of an eye !
But I digress...
Yep, it sounds like it's not for me
Well, RAID is good and useful.... its RAID0 that's not for everyone.
I do put my book on my phone, my GPS sim, and at least 3 sticks, so quite a lot of carried backup types.
Ok, I'll let you go then since you at least seem to have heard my endless comments about a minimum of three backup copies of anything important !
I want a signed copy of this most valuable sounding book when you publish it !
What about SD cards?
Same technology as in flash cards... so typically not unless they're SLC based "industrial" ones.
However.... I could concede that there are two points in their favour ....
- they are probably less prone to mechanical forms of damage than USB sticks (as your wallet storage implies).
- its also easier to get hold of high quality SD cards from reputable manufacturers, unlike USB sticks where every man and his dog is churning them out and it can be difficult to tell what you're getting.
So as long as you continue to abide by my multiple copy rule, using SD cards for
one of your copies would be more acceptable than USBs.