Flash memory as a backup for the Home directory

[andrew clarke]

On Tue 2010-03-02 09:54:03 UTC+1000, Geoffrey (gcombes4 at bigpond.com) wrote:

> Having installed grsync I am about to buy an external memory to back up
> my Ubuntu home directory.

grsync looks good.  I use rsync regularly but wasn't aware of a GUI
frontend for it.

> However I have found a USB flash memory 'stick' with 32 Gb capacity for
> about $30 (source: e-Bay). It's from Hong Kong, is new but of unknown
> brand and quality.

I'd be careful buying flash memory on eBay, especially from overseas
dealers.  I've read stories of people buying SanDisk branded flash
cards then having the cards fail early in their life.  Then they would
call SanDisk to put in a warranty claim only to discover the card is a
cheap knock-off, ie. not made by SanDisk.