Comments on: Flash drives http://practicalarchivist.com/flash-drives/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:28:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Ed http://practicalarchivist.com/flash-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-230 Ed Mon, 05 Mar 2007 23:02:00 +0000 http://practicalarchivist.com/flash-drives/#comment-230 Hi Sally:<br/>When I worked at Smith's Industries we produced lots of downloads of computer programs to fly aircraft of various types, passenger, military, using flash memory.<br/><br/>Ed Spaans Hi Sally:
When I worked at Smith’s Industries we produced lots of downloads of computer programs to fly aircraft of various types, passenger, military, using flash memory.

Ed Spaans

]]> By: Infinite Ancestors http://practicalarchivist.com/flash-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-226 Infinite Ancestors Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:08:00 +0000 http://practicalarchivist.com/flash-drives/#comment-226 Flash memory does have a limited number of read-write cycles (typically around 100,000), so for practical transfer purposes, will last a long time. But I certainly wouldn't rely on it as my sole media for archival. Technology changes rapidly, and it's difficult to get valid longevity data on the various kinds of media available today. My recommendation is to keep multiple copies of your data across many media types, keep the copies updated and refreshed, and share your information with others rather than waiting to write that big book you've always dreamed of writing:<br/><br/>http://infiniteancestors.blogspot.com/2006/12/preserving-our-memories-part-1.html Flash memory does have a limited number of read-write cycles (typically around 100,000), so for practical transfer purposes, will last a long time. But I certainly wouldn’t rely on it as my sole media for archival. Technology changes rapidly, and it’s difficult to get valid longevity data on the various kinds of media available today. My recommendation is to keep multiple copies of your data across many media types, keep the copies updated and refreshed, and share your information with others rather than waiting to write that big book you’ve always dreamed of writing:

http://infiniteancestors.blogspot.com/2006/12/preserving-our-memories-part-1.html

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