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AWS Snowmobile – Massive Exabyte-Scale Data Transfer Service

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Re: AWS Snowmobile – Massive Exabyte-Scale Data Transfer Service

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Post by baq »

jonknee wrote: post #9
ruddct wrote: post #8

Fun, old school massive data transfer as a service. For those of you too lazy to do the math, filling up one of these trucks to capacity (100PB) would run your 500,000 USD per month, ~17k per day (purely for transit). Edit: I assume that you'd only get charged for the time your vehicle is in transit, though the pricing info doesn't make that super clear. Also, as pointed out, list rates may differ from bulk rates.

Though I assume if you have >100PB to store you aren't paying list rates.

and even if you are (call me, i've got a bridge to sell btw), you should be able to afford it.

Re: AWS Snowmobile – Massive Exabyte-Scale Data Transfer Service

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Post by daveloyall »

AWS should donate a few of these to the Internet Archive.

They just specifically asked for money to help establish a second copy in Canada.[1]

It would be great publicity for AWS among a demographic not far from their target... AND it would probably benefit AWS itself in some way eventually.

1: https://blog.archive.org/2016/11/29/help-us-keep-the-archive...

EDIT: "a few"?? One trip?

Re: AWS Snowmobile – Massive Exabyte-Scale Data Transfer Service

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Post by toomuchtodo »

binaryblitz wrote: post #20
toomuchtodo wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're not paying listed rates if you're moving 100PB+ into S3 or Glacier.

Well no, but I'm sure it's still pretty damn pricy.

Oh, no no, I agree with you. Just like Backblaze built their own solution because all other cloud providers were stupid expensive in comparison.

But if you're a CTO or CIO who just wants to shovel the responsibility to someone else, its a solid product at AWS. They're the new "No one got fired for buying X".

Re: AWS Snowmobile – Massive Exabyte-Scale Data Transfer Service

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Post by Cyph0n »

RangerScience wrote: post #10

Who even has that much data, outside of Google and Facebook? I mean - I totally believe there are people that do have that much, I just don't know who they are. Fake Edit: Film?

File sharing services. Megaupload back in the day for instance, or services like Dropbox, OneDrive, and Box.

Re: AWS Snowmobile – Massive Exabyte-Scale Data Transfer Service

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Post by rgreasons »

Malic wrote: post #11

What IS it about AWS and the opaque naming of their services?! There is a reason this exists: https://www.expeditedssl.com/aws-in-plain-english

mbeaty_1 above me has a point, but I think Snowmobile & Snowball both tie into the naming for AWS Glacier.

Re: AWS Snowmobile – Massive Exabyte-Scale Data Transfer Service

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Post by jonknee »

Malic wrote: post #11

What IS it about AWS and the opaque naming of their services?! There is a reason this exists: https://www.expeditedssl.com/aws-in-plain-english

It's such a rarely needed service that I can't imagine naming it AWS Data Center Mover would make any difference at all in terms of usage. The number of customers who could make use of this thing is tiny, it doesn't matter what it is called.

Re: AWS Snowmobile – Massive Exabyte-Scale Data Transfer Service

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Post by nomsters »

ruddct wrote: post #8

Fun, old school massive data transfer as a service. For those of you too lazy to do the math, filling up one of these trucks to capacity (100PB) would run your 500,000 USD per month, ~17k per day (purely for transit). Edit: I assume that you'd only get charged for the time your vehicle is in transit, though the pricing info doesn't make that super clear. Also, as pointed out, list rates may differ from bulk rates.

If you are storing that much data, and need to move it, the price tag probably isn't a very big deal for you.

Re: AWS Snowmobile – Massive Exabyte-Scale Data Transfer Service

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Post by bcbrown »

Cyph0n wrote: post #24
antoineMoPa wrote: post #4

This reminds me of rfc1149 - A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers - https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1149.txt

Not sure if the writer of that was serious...

Although it was implemented: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers#Real-li...
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