Diskless Computing:
In this blog we discuss a new trend to leverage removal media to help manage and protect personal data. A challenge people are facing is the fast pace of changes in the hardware and software of IT systems (such as forced operating system upgrades - e.g. migrating from Windows home, Vista, XP, Windows 10, Windows 11) or expired hardware that is no longer supported. In this environment, folks are having trouble migrating and protecting their "crown jewels" (i.e. their personal files, photos, etc.). One trend is to start using cheaper USB drives to store and manage their data.
There are many pros/cons to such an approach but here is one such persons approach:
" I remove most user files off my computer SSD/HDD onto a USB flash drive. This makes portability easier between computers without the use of Cloud storage. I call this "diskless computing" since any computer will work for me. Also in the case of a disk crash I don't lose any personal data. I know this may be "low level to the stuff" but for most PC users this is may be a viable option to deal with system upgrades, etc. Not many of us have dedicated cloud/NAS storage with multiple servers. Currently, I have two flash drives, one with all my current working files and one I use as a weekly/monthly backup."
Simple, but what other suggestions should we discuss?
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