The logistical challenge of swapping 1000+ drives into/out of a small number chassis, keeping track of what data you've copied, would have been painful (but not impossible if stretched over a week)
I think the key issues here would be was moving the data at all time sensitive (is a two month latency not a problem), and, did they really have a "free" 1 GigPort they could sneak under the 5% window with? If it really was free (or very, very cheap) - then maybe it would have been worth it.
I think the key issues here would be was moving the data at all time sensitive (is a two month latency not a problem), and, did they really have a "free" 1 GigPort they could sneak under the 5% window with? If it really was free (or very, very cheap) - then maybe it would have been worth it.