Western Digital's 368 TB "SSD" weighs 28 to 33 pounds and is portable

[Redaktion]

Instead of packing a few dozen high-end SSDs into your backpack, Western Digital offers the Ultrastar Transporter, a storage solution that allows users to easily transport a massive 368 TB of SSD storage.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Western-Digital-s-368-TB-SSD-weighs-28-to-33-pounds-and-is-portable.826532.0.html

[RAM128]

Is it the same Western Digital like in that case?...

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[NikoB]

Everything is very simple here - anyone who buys something like this will buy at least 3 of them - for 2 copies of data. ))

I have a hard time understanding why anyone would need to transport 368TB of data in a suitcase today, but apparently in scenarios where "portability" and speed of delivery of such volume are needed, when there is no fast network access to copy the data at the desired point on Earth...

For example, to copy such a volume of public 1Gbps Internet channel (and at a stable speed all the time within the bandwidth ceiling), a certain organization will need more than 1 month. At 10Gbps, more than 3 days. Obviously, copying over a 200 Gbit/s channel (data copying time is 3.6-4 hours), which is built into this device, will dramatically speed up delivery on some kind of fast transport.

[NikoB]

A good thing for industrial and military espionage. All the Pentagon/DARPA secrets for China in one suitcase, stolen by a spy.

It's like WD made this thing for spies...;)

[Bizarro_NikoB]

It's like WD made this thing for spies...;)

Or an avid porn collector!

[SuperDude]

Please send me one for long term evaluation, wink wink, nudge nudge.

[indy]

A good thing for industrial and military espionage. All the Pentagon/DARPA secrets for China in one suitcase, stolen by a spy.

It's like WD made this thing for spies...;)

Which is why we have had and will continue to have encryption for thousands of years now.

[NikoB]

Which is why we have had and will continue to have encryption for thousands of years now.

Encryption is useless against the Snowdens.

[Coroner]

Everything is very simple here - anyone who buys something like this will buy at least 3 of them - for 2 copies of data. ))

I have a hard time understanding why anyone would need to transport 368TB of data in a suitcase today, but apparently in scenarios where "portability" and speed of delivery of such volume are needed, when there is no fast network access to copy the data at the desired point on Earth...

For example, to copy such a volume of public 1Gbps Internet channel (and at a stable speed all the time within the bandwidth ceiling), a certain organization will need more than 1 month. At 10Gbps, more than 3 days. Obviously, copying over a 200 Gbit/s channel (data copying time is 3.6-4 hours), which is built into this device, will dramatically speed up delivery on some kind of fast transport.

Isn't this also aimed at off site video production where chugging this from remote site to their office to offload to thie main storage server makes sense?