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===Backup=== Some [[value-added reseller]]s are now using a flash drive as part of small-business [[turnkey]] solutions (e.g., [[point of sale|point-of-sale]] systems). The drive is used as a [[backup]] medium: at the close of business each night, the drive is inserted, and a [[database]] backup is saved to the drive. Alternatively, the drive can be left inserted through the business day, and data regularly updated. In either case, the drive is removed at night and taken offsite. * This is simple for the end-user, and more likely to be done. * The drive is small and convenient, and more likely to be carried off-site for safety. * The drives are less fragile mechanically and magnetically than tapes. * The capacity is often large enough for several backup images of critical data. * Flash drives are cheaper than many other backup systems. Flash drives also have disadvantages. They are easy to lose and facilitate unauthorized backups. A lesser setback for flash drives is that they have only one tenth the capacity of hard drives manufactured around their time of distribution.
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