Mega-Uploads: The Cloud's Unspoken Hurdle

First time accepted submitter 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.'"

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Pro photography is a huge problem

[Anonymous Coward]

Returning from a site with a tethered computer full of 80 MP 16-bit raw files from a day's worth of shooting would break most bandwidth bills if you tried uploading all these images.