Google offers to send him hard drives to download large amounts of data in Cloud Storage

Google has added a new service to Google Cloud Storage, which will allow developers to send their hard drives to Google by mail to import very large amounts of data, writes TechCrunch.

For $ 80 from the disk, Google will accept the disk and upload the data to Cloud Storage. According to Google, it can be "faster or cheaper than transferring data over the Internet." So far, the service is available to a limited number of users with US addresses.

Platforms such as Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Storage are very convenient for analyzing large amounts of data. However, as noted by Google, “transferring large amounts of data (hundreds of terabytes or more) through a common network can be expensive and time consuming.” Downloading 5 terabytes of data over a 100 Mbps line can easily take a day or two, and many developers may not even have such a connection.
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It is worth noting that Amazon already offers a very similar service . The company also charges $ 80 for a hard drive, but in addition it charges an hourly fee for importing data. Importing a 5 terabyte hard drive to S3 in this way will cost an extra $ 45 for an eSATA drive, which makes Google much more profitable. At the same time, Amazon allows you to export data, while Google does not yet offer this feature.