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?

    • Tweho@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      11 months ago

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

      • Party_9001@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        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.topOPBEnglish
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          11 months 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.