Google has announced the growth of its own Offline Media Import/Export service, a remedy that enables users to import information into Google Cloud Storage by posting physical media to a third party service provider that then uploads the information on the user’s benefit. Users can also select which type of storage they favor for their information, including Nearline, Standard, and Lasting Decreased Availability.

Now, companies may send all kinds of real storage devices, from hard drives to third party providers who’ll upload the information for them, to cassettes to USB flash drives, based on Business News Daily.

Since Offline Media Import/Export is a third party attribute, Google doesn’t offer it and isn’t in charge of the service. Now, Google has partnered with more associates to come, with Iron Mountain, but Google also says that companies can select any third party supplier.

Clients are advised to encrypt any information that’s sent to the third party service provider to improve security.

This new offline is not insignificant for programmers who deal with terabytes of information, since uploading one terabyte can choose as long as 100 days over a typical company DSL connection, based on Google.

The Offline Media Import/Export software is like Amazon’s Import/Export service, which ‘s been around since 2009 and enables storage devices to be shipped by customers, although not cassettes, to AWS. Before sending the hardware back aWS then loads the information into an Amazon S3 pail.