On Jul 3, 2014 8:34 AM, "Jean-Frédéric" <jeanfrederic.wiki(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Fae brought this up:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67477
>
> Clearly, mailing the hard drive would be the most efficient way of
transferring
the data. If the hard drive can make it to close enough to our
data center's network, anyway, which might have security implications. Is
there any precedence to doing something like this?
Yes, this has happened in the past. I recall André Costa from Sweden
(cc-ed) did
that for the LSH GLAM donation [1] but I believe there was
others.
Maybe Rob or Roan could tell you more on this.
[1] <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Batch_uploading/LSH>
Related links:
<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2011-August/067359.html
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Server-side_upload>
See also
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/48205#c12