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> need to buy a USB cable

Hmm...

Replacing the perils of an SD card with the perils of relying on a USB cable connection ?

Anybody who's been in IT long enough will know inadvertent USB disconnects happen.

A Raspberry Pi sitting cupboard silently chugging along has a high chance of SD failure, but little chance of inadvertant disconnects. That's a fine tradeoff I'd say.

I have a few Pi's like that. I've literally zip-tied the drive onto the Pi's case.

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