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Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. —Tanenbaum, Andrew S. (1989). Computer Networks. p. 57.
by andrelaszlo 10y ago
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of
tapes hurtling down the highway.
—Tanenbaum, Andrew S. (1989). Computer Networks. p. 57.
- theregoesjohn 10y agoJust what I came to the comments for. Thank you.
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- MichaelApproved 10y agoIn the same vein, a South African carrier pigeon was faster than a popular ADSL solution in 2009. It carried a 4GB memory stick 60 miles in about an hour. It took them another hour to upload the data to their system. The ADSL solution only completed 4% of the transfer, in the same amount of time. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8248056.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8248056.stm It was an obvious publicity stunt trying to bring attention to the slow connection speeds but it does illustrate this issue well.
- mojoe 10y agoNever underestimate the street value either. I wonder if they have an armed escort for this truck -- the hardware must cost on the order of 10-20 million, and the data itself could be worth many multiples of that. Could make a great heist movie.
- tyingq 10y agoI wonder if Amazon pays for the re-do if the truck ends up in a spectacular accident.
- mountaineer22 10y agoCan't one simply mirror a Snowmobile to a second Snowmobile prior to transport?
- nannal 10y agowe use RAIT 50 in prod
- superuser2 10y agoRedundant Array of Independent Trucks?
- notyourwork 10y agoI would assume this is where insurance becomes involved in the matter on one side of the other.
- MichaelApproved 10y agoThe hardware might be expensive but the data (if there's value to it) would likely be encrypted.