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.
Snowball
- Suitcase-sized device used to transfer TB or PB of data into S3
- Connect to on-premises network with Snowball client
- 80 TB capacity
- 256-bit encryption using KMS
- Shipping and transfer times are typically one week
- Typically used with >100 TB of data and bandwidth limitations
- Example: 100 TB @ 1 Gbps = 100+ days to transfer. Done in ~1 week with two Snowballs.
Snowball Edge
- Larger capacity than Snowball
- Embedded computing capability using Lambda
- Used for loT, media transcoding, and other use cases
Snowmobile
- Shipping container on a semi truck
- Up to 100 PB (1250 Snowballs)
- Multiple levels of logical and physical security
- Encryption
- Fire suppressions
- Security personnel
- GPS tracking
- Video surveillance
- Escort vehicle
