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Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite method of sending large files? by hotwire on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @08:50AM (#24352672)
A station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway...
Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite method of sending large files? by parliament32 on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @12:21PM (#24354731)
We laugh, but even Amazon has realized sometimes literally driving drives is the cheapest and fastest way to move serious amounts of data: https://aws.amazon.com/snowmobile/
Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite method of sending large files? by lmkg on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @04:02PM (#24357378)
Google Cloud also has an offering here, although it doesn't literally come with its own truck.

https://cloud.google.com/transfer-appliance/

There's an amusing infographic towards the bottom. Only 42 days!

Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite method of sending large files? by maest on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @03:24PM (#24356923)
Some exchanges still sell historical tick data by posting over large amounts of HDD/SSD with the data preloaded.
Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite method of sending large files? by kvn_95 on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @07:59PM (#24359558)
"Why do you need to buy an Audi RS6?"

"Dude, I'm maximizing my data transfer speed"

Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite method of sending large files? by auxym on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @11:57AM (#24354458)
No one makes station wagons anymore, except luxury european makers :(
Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite method of sending large files? by myself248 on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @06:00PM (#24358686)
Aside from the already-mentioned Subaru Outback, there's the Buick Regal TourX, the Mini Cooper Clubman, and I'll contend that the Dodge Journey is more stationwagon than SUV; it's on the Avenger sedan platform.
Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite method of sending large files? by BenjiWiebe on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @01:30PM (#24355584)
There's plenty of used ones available. Nice and cheap.
Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite method of sending large files? by celim307 on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @03:30PM (#24356994)
Subaru Outback’s