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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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Do you use USBs for anything? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by 88sSSSs88@alien.top to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum

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Stumbled across a deal for 10 64 GB USBs for 12 bucks. Figured it was so cheap that it can’t possibly hurt to have them, but now I’m wondering if they’re particularly useful for anyone?

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[–] chum_bucket42@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I've found that 16-32GB is the sweet spot for flash/thumb drives as anything larger is a waste of money. If I need more then 32GB for a single file, then it's time to break out the external 2+ TB drive.

The main advantage is that 16GB are cheap and work well for Sneakernet file transfers