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by hotwire 2112 days ago
A station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway...
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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/
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!

Some exchanges still sell historical tick data by posting over large amounts of HDD/SSD with the data preloaded.
"Why do you need to buy an Audi RS6?"

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

No one makes station wagons anymore, except luxury european makers :(
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.
There's plenty of used ones available. Nice and cheap.
Subaru Outback’s