On Fri, 29 May 2009, Olaf Zevenboom wrote: > I can tell you that USB is a very very very bad idea to use / trust for > reliable backups. Why? Pumping huge amounts of data over USB to a disk > cause things to get very hot. Often to hot to handle resulting in > BBQ-ing the USB-SATA converter or your disk(s). Better to consider a NAS > or E-SATA solution.
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