[Tfug] Thumb drive sizes

[Bender]

need more info about your sneakernet system

why don';t you ask /. ?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bexley Hall" <bexley401 at yahoo.com>
To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 11:47 AM
Subject: [Tfug] Thumb drive sizes


> Hi,
> 
> I use thumb drives primarily for SneakerNet.  For the
> most part, I've been living with 2G and 4G drives and
> have had very few problems.  On the few occasions when
> I've needed to move bigger objects, I drag out a USB
> laptop drive and use that as my shuttle.
> 
> Lately, however, I am finding that stuff tends to accumulate
> on the thumb drives.  Things that I have removed from
> machine A but not yet copied to machine B.  Or, things
> that I feel it more efficient to keep on the thumb drive
> so I can reload at will.
> 
> As a result, the effective space on any given drive seems
> to be edging downward -- I'm always hunting for different
> drives to see which one might have the most free space, etc.
> 
> Time to buy more.
> 
> But, where's the current "sweet spot" in thumb drive densities?
> E.g., a 4G probably costs much less than two 2G; an 8G less than
> two 4's (?)... but, a 64 compared to two 32's??  etc.
> 
> As I said, 2's and 4's have been good for me -- so far.  I'm
> guessing anything bigger than 16 would just *invite* me to
> leave stuff accumulating on the drive.
> 
> Or, should I just exercise more self-discipline and make a point
> of cleaning off each drive *regularly*?
> 
> Thx,
> --don
> 
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