The Cloud's Unspoken Hurdle

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Submission + - The Cloud's Unspoken Hurdle (theregister.co.uk)

Submitted by n7ytd on Monday May 21, 2012 @02:08PM

n7ytd writes: The Register has a piece today about overcoming one of the biggest challenges to migrating to cloud-based storage: how to get all that data onto the service provider's disks. With all of the enterprisey interweb solutions available, the oldest answer is still the right one: ship them your disks.
Remember: "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet

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