Backups

[Derek Broughton]

Matthew Flaschen wrote:

> Neil Winchurst wrote:
> 
>> Yes, I thought about that, but I was told by the guys in my local
>> computer shop (they made up my computer for me) that flash drives are
>> not meant to be used for back-ups. Personally I don't see why not.
> 
> Depending on how often you backup, because flash drives have a limited
> number of write cycles.

Yeah, but isn't that usually figured in terms of thousands (or tens of
thousands)?  Which makes it considerably more reusable than a CD-RW!

I'd think that a flash drive would tend to make an excellent backup medium,
since backup is - with best practice - a low frequency task.
-- 
derek