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With large volumes the real issue is not the storage but the upload speed. I've done some experiments and with the Comcast link (20Mbps down/whatever up), I got

With large volumes the real issue is not the storage but the upload speed. I've done some experiments and with the Comcast link (20Mbps down/whatever up), I got 1 Gb/hour upload rate. So, it'll take 11 full days to upload 256 Gb. Or, more realistically, if you do it overnight (8 hours) - the entire month.

cstuder 14y ago
If you don't mind the additional cost, you can physically send Amazon a harddrive: http://aws.amazon.com/importexport/ http://aws.amazon.com/importexport/
- alttab 14y ago
  nothing says "cloud" like sending a physical hard drive through the mail.
  - jerf 14y ago
    "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. —Tanenbaum, Andrew S." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet
Tichy 14y ago
But then you can do incremental backups which should be faster. Although I admit I am not sure how to do it with encryption (impossible?).
- mkl 14y ago
  That's what duplicity is for: http://duplicity.nongnu.org/ http://duplicity.nongnu.org/ It uses rsync's algorithm to figure out what has changed, and everything is encrypted locally. (The site says it's in beta, but it's said that for years.)
jefffoster 14y ago
There's also Amazon Direct Connection (http://aws.amazon.com/directconnect/ http://aws.amazon.com/directconnect/) if you happen to be on the same backbone / data center.
ANH 14y ago
Makes me wonder what Amazon is doing to commoditize its complements, i.e. what it's doing to improve high speed internet access. There are a lot of people in my vicinity who have no option faster than a wireless 3Mbps connection capped at a few GB per day. And this is within easy distance of Amazon's East Coast data center.
- jonknee 14y ago
  Amazon should be big fans of Google Fiber. With a gigabit this stuff is a lot more impactful.
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cstuder 14y ago

If you don't mind the additional cost, you can physically send Amazon a harddrive: http://aws.amazon.com/importexport/ http://aws.amazon.com/importexport/

alttab 14y ago
nothing says "cloud" like sending a physical hard drive through the mail.
- jerf 14y ago
  "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. —Tanenbaum, Andrew S." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet

Tichy 14y ago

But then you can do incremental backups which should be faster. Although I admit I am not sure how to do it with encryption (impossible?).

mkl 14y ago
That's what duplicity is for: http://duplicity.nongnu.org/ http://duplicity.nongnu.org/ It uses rsync's algorithm to figure out what has changed, and everything is encrypted locally. (The site says it's in beta, but it's said that for years.)

jefffoster 14y ago

There's also Amazon Direct Connection (http://aws.amazon.com/directconnect/ http://aws.amazon.com/directconnect/) if you happen to be on the same backbone / data center.

ANH 14y ago

Makes me wonder what Amazon is doing to commoditize its complements, i.e. what it's doing to improve high speed internet access. There are a lot of people in my vicinity who have no option faster than a wireless 3Mbps connection capped at a few GB per day. And this is within easy distance of Amazon's East Coast data center.

jonknee 14y ago
Amazon should be big fans of Google Fiber. With a gigabit this stuff is a lot more impactful.
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