Amazon redefines the sneakernet with Snowball data courier
by from Techreport on (#PSK0)
Back in the not-so-good old days, data was carried around on floppy disks and rewritable CDs. The adventurous would perhaps lug around a portable hard drive. This kind of file transfer is colloquially called the "sneakernet," and the practice generated a mantra: "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway." Now, Amazon is redefining that concept with its Snowball data transfer device, targeted at serious Amazon Web Services users.
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