On 11 Sep 2009 18:59:04 -0700, tom_moul...@1scom.net (Tom Moulder)
wrote:

>I am working with a company that literally did this.  They shipped a 
>very large disk array to the central computing center and placed it next 
>to the production array; synchronously copied all the data; found a 
>quiet point on a Sunday morning and split the link; uncabled the array; 
>shipped it across country to the BC site (Business Continuity now, not 
>Disaster Recovery); they are in the process of cabling it up; will turn 
>it on next weekend and away with go with a recovery drill.

Heck, I find it more reliable to synchronize the files I need between
home and work using my iPod as a medium than using the on-line disk
storage I pay for.   My batch update takes seconds to my iPod and
always completes.   The on-line update takes 5-10 minutes if it
finishes at all.

Sneaker-net has had quite a bit of success over the years.

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