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Because it's a shipping container, maybe eventually they'll do worldwide data transfer?

• dx034 10y ago
  Probably by plane. Shipping would otherwise probably be slower than using the network.
  • masklinn 10y ago
    Worst case shipping is ~30 days (e.g. China to Hamburg), which is 38.6GB/s for 100PB in a container. I doubt you have a permanent dedicated 40+GB link between you and the nearest AWS data center. Shipping by boat would still be way faster than a network upload.
    • dx034 10y ago
      You are correct, I had my math wrong. But don't know if they're certified for shipping, not sure how the sea transport would affect the drives?
      • masklinn 10y ago
        Well if the container is completely and securely sealed it should not affect the drives, after all the drives or other parts are shipped from factories. But yeah I'd expect air-shipping as well, if only so that the container can be kept secure, I doubt Amazon is going to send security personnel for week-long trips on cargo ships.