AWS Snowball is a petabyte-scale data transport solution that uses secure appliances to transfer large amounts of data into and out of the AWS Cloud. It is designed to accelerate moving large amounts of data into and out of the AWS cloud, particularly for use cases such as data center migration, disaster recovery, and archiving.
Here are some key concepts and benefits of using AWS Snowball:
- Secure: Snowball uses tamper-resistant enclosures, 256-bit encryption, and industry-standard Trusted Platform Module (TPM) to help secure data in transit.
- High-speed data transfer: Snowball uses a high-speed network to transfer large amounts of data into and out of the AWS Cloud. It can transfer up to 100 terabytes of data per appliance.
- Easy to use: Snowball is easy to set up and use. You can create a job in the AWS Management Console, and then ship the appliance to the designated location. Once the data transfer is complete, you can ship the appliance back to AWS.
- Cost-effective: Snowball is a cost-effective solution for moving large amounts of data into and out of the AWS cloud, as you only pay for the data transfer and the use of the appliance.
- Snowball Edge: Snowball Edge is a variant of Snowball that comes with computing capabilities (Lambda functions) to perform tasks such as data processing, data migration or data integration at the edge.
AWS Snowball is a useful solution for customers who have large amounts of data to transfer, and need a secure and fast way to move that data into or out of the AWS cloud. It is particularly useful for use cases such as data center migration, disaster recovery, and archiving.
Here are some key features of Snowball Edge:
- Data Transport: Snowball Edge can transfer large amounts of data into and out of the AWS Cloud, similar to the regular Snowball.
- Computing Capabilities: Snowball Edge comes with computing capabilities, allowing customers to run AWS Lambda functions on the device, perform data processing, data migration, or data integration at the edge.
- Networking: Snowball Edge has built-in networking capabilities and can be used as a gateway to connect to other devices or the cloud.
- Data Store: Snowball Edge includes a large amount of storage capacity (up to 100TB) to store data locally.
- Security: Snowball Edge uses tamper-resistant enclosures, 256-bit encryption, and industry-standard Trusted Platform Module (TPM) to help secure data in transit.
- Cost-effective: Snowball Edge is a cost-effective solution for moving large amounts of data into and out of the AWS cloud and for performing data processing and data integration at the edge, as you only pay for the data transfer and the use of the appliance.
- Use cases: Snowball Edge is useful for use cases such as offline data processing, data migration, and data integration in remote or disconnected environments, such as oil rigs, mines, or other industrial sites.
AWS Snowmobile
AWS Snowmobile is an extremely large-scale data transfer service that allows customers to transfer exabytes of data to the AWS Cloud. It uses a semi-trailer truck to physically transport data to an AWS data center.
Here are some key concepts and benefits of using AWS Snowmobile:
- Extremely large-scale data transfer: Snowmobile can transfer exabytes of data, which is ideal for customers with massive data sets that would take an impractical amount of time to transfer over the internet.
- Secure: Snowmobile uses tamper-resistant enclosures, 256-bit encryption, and industry-standard Trusted Platform Module (TPM) to help secure data in transit.
- Easy to use: Snowmobile is easy to set up and use. You create a job in the AWS Management Console, and then the truck is shipped to your location to collect your data. Once the data is loaded, the truck is shipped back to an AWS data center.
- Cost-effective: Snowmobile is a cost-effective solution for transferring exabytes of data, as you only pay for the data transfer and the use of the truck.
- Use cases: Snowmobile is useful for use cases such as migrating massive data sets from on-premises data centers to the cloud, and archiving large amounts of data.
AWS Snowmobile is a powerful solution for customers who have extremely large data sets that would take an impractical amount of time to transfer over the internet. It is particularly useful for use cases such as migrating massive data sets from on-premises data centers to the cloud, and archiving large amounts of data.
