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That solves the routing problem, but not the pipe size problem. 70TB over 1Gbps: 6+ days 70TB over 500Mbps: 12+ days 70TB over 100Mbps: 2+ months 70TB over

That solves the routing problem, but not the pipe size problem. 70TB over 1Gbps: 6+ days 70TB over 500Mbps: 12+ days 70TB over 100Mbps: 2+ months 70TB over 50Mbps: 4+ months 70TB over 25Mbps: 8+ months 70TB over 10Mbps: 21+ months 70TB over 5Mbps: 3 years 70TB over 1Mbps: 17 years -- 70TB via mail: equivalent to 100Mbps (international) to 1Gbps+ (local) depending on distance, but only cost-effective if an equivalent connection is unavailable due to average weight (and price) of sufficient HDDs, eg, 3x18TB = ~$1200, combined weight approx 1kg.

mindcrime 5y ago
Does Amazon allow torrenting? Or could you have your seedbox push the data to S3 from $WHEREVER? If so, you could possibly use Snowball[1] to get the data to your residence. [1]: https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/projects/migrate-petabyte-scale-data/faq/ https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/projects/migrate-peta...
- noiwillnot 5y ago
  I might be reading this wrong (I always have problems calculating AWS costs), but this seems VERY expensive. Much more than paying a 10Gbps internet plan for a year where I live.
  - mindcrime 5y ago
    Possibly, but is cost the only factor? What if you don't want to wait a year to get the data? Or don't want to saturate the 'net connection you're using with just this download? And what about error recovery, since no 'net link is going to be 100% stable for an entire year... Not saying Snowball is the best idea by any means. But I can see how it might be worth considering.
- exikyut 5y ago
  Given the cloud ecosystem (and associated markets), I would be noteworthily surprised if an average datacenter/colo's smart-hands facilities wouldn't be able to accept me mailing in some HDDs, having them attached (possibly by renting multiple additional servers and having them installed in there), then later disconnecting them and printing a supplied prepaid shipping label to return them. (I'd provide an appropriately oversized tip to ensure a near-unreasonable amount of bubble wrap is included in the return.)

mindcrime 5y ago

Does Amazon allow torrenting? Or could you have your seedbox push the data to S3 from $WHEREVER? If so, you could possibly use Snowball[1] to get the data to your residence. [1]: https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/projects/migrate-petabyte-scale-data/faq/ https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/projects/migrate-peta...

noiwillnot 5y ago
I might be reading this wrong (I always have problems calculating AWS costs), but this seems VERY expensive. Much more than paying a 10Gbps internet plan for a year where I live.
- mindcrime 5y ago
  Possibly, but is cost the only factor? What if you don't want to wait a year to get the data? Or don't want to saturate the 'net connection you're using with just this download? And what about error recovery, since no 'net link is going to be 100% stable for an entire year... Not saying Snowball is the best idea by any means. But I can see how it might be worth considering.
exikyut 5y ago
Given the cloud ecosystem (and associated markets), I would be noteworthily surprised if an average datacenter/colo's smart-hands facilities wouldn't be able to accept me mailing in some HDDs, having them attached (possibly by renting multiple additional servers and having them installed in there), then later disconnecting them and printing a supplied prepaid shipping label to return them. (I'd provide an appropriately oversized tip to ensure a near-unreasonable amount of bubble wrap is included in the return.)