Computer data storage and backing it up.

[ICB]

Yep you're on the money mate, USB memory sticks/SD cards/CF cards, etc. = no moving parts and considerably better shock resistance therefore more reliable for data volumes up to 16GB or so

I use a combination of 8GB USB sticks and a 500GB Toshiba external drive at home

For archiving large volumes of data (hi res raw photos, audio, video) a big stack of single layer (4.7GB) DVDs are a good choice provided they're well indexed, labelled and stored

For departmental/small organisation backup LTO3

 

[Crell]

Depends on what you need / want.

I use a NAS for home backup and storage. QNAP TS-209 with 2 x Raid1 1 TB drives.
If you're worried about everything going up in smoke you can connect 2 x devices over the internet via a TLS VPN

It also runs as a media server, WAS and pretty much anything else I want to run from it.

...or you could use a pen drive

 

[Crell]

plus DVD's with the critical stuff (family photos etc) also made and kept at my parents in case of fire or burglary here.

Sage advice for everyone here if you've not done so already. :idea:

 

[Lysander]

Five and a quarter inch floppy disk!! Compact Cassette through a ZX81!! Woof Woof...........BigWhite Horse! BIG WHITE HORSE!! *runs off gibbering*

 

[Xesh]

Five and a quarter inch floppy disk!! Compact Cassette through a ZX81!! Woof Woof...........BigWhite Horse! BIG WHITE HORSE!! *runs off gibbering*

I've got those new fangled 3.5" discs on my Acorn.

 

[Lysander]

...............I've got those new fangled 3.5" discs on my Acorn.

1.44Mb.....bloody silly- they'll never make a home computer that'll handle that much data

 

[Xesh]

1.44Mb.....

Actually the DS HD version only holds 800Kb.