sneakernet
jargonnetworkingops culture
Moving data by physically carrying storage media instead of using a network.
Walking a hard drive across the building - in your sneakers - can beat the network for sheer bulk, which is why 'never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes' is a standing joke. Cloud providers formalized it with truck-scale data-transfer appliances for moving petabytes that would take months over the wire.
Also known as: sneaker net