[LINK] Archival Qualities of Memory Sticks?

Roger Clarke Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au
Mon Dec 14 08:59:08 AEDT 2009


I'm trying to find out current wisdom on the likely survival time of 
memory sticks / USB sticks / 'solid-state disk' storage.

CD and related technologies are well-known to have very short 
life-expectancies, but what guidance exists in relation to storage of 
back-ups on this alternative, now-ubiquitous storage-form (which now 
seems to be down to about $5 per GB)?

Thanks for any leads!

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