Hardware You Shouldn't Consider and Why
So far I've said that hard drives are your all-around best bet as a storage medium; that optical discs are an acceptable choice in some cases (as when saving money is your main consideration); and that online storage of one kind or another is worth considering as an easy, secure alternative to rotating physical media off-site. But those three categories don't include every kind of backup hardware, and I want to head off all the "yeah-but-what-about…" inquiries. Let me give you a quick run-down of hardware I think you should not consider:
Flash drives: You can buy USB "thumb" drives that will store as much as 128 gigabytes in a very small space. These drives are handy for moving data from place to place (in ...
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