[GTALUG] Portable Backup Drive Compatible with Linux (and Recommended Backup Software)

[Stewart C. Russell]

On 2017-02-03 12:56 PM, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote:
> 
> Apparently some of them they put the USB interface right on the drive
> controller board, so it doesn't even have a SATA connector.

Like the “WD PiDrive Foundation Edition” for the Raspberry Pi:
<http://wdlabs.wd.com/products/wd-pidrive-foundation-edition/>

> Not sure I want to use clay tablets.

Oh I dunno: a CNC controlled punch could impress QR-Code-like
Reed–Solomon encoded data on wet feldspar clay tiles. Fire that with a
nice glaze and you'll get a few kilobytes per tile that will last for
pretty much everyone's definition of "forever". Proper storage should
consider plate tectonics as a threat model.

Reformatting the media, however, is left as an exercise for the reader.

 Stewart