RAID 1 is dead!! Long live RAID 1!! Cloud had a meteoric rise due to the paltry size of storage at the time (edit: partly, compute too). https://en.wikipedia.

RAID 1 is dead!! Long live RAID 1!! Cloud had a meteoric rise due to the paltry size of storage at the time (edit: partly, compute too). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_hard_disk_drives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_hard_disk_drives 10TB+ NVMe with an external interface changes the formula for large data transfers over slow pipes. Its faster to physically ship it or more likely, too cost prohibitive to use metered networks for distribution. Long live RAID 1!!