AWS Snowball is a secure, rugged, portable appliance for moving large amounts of data into or out of AWS, or for edge data processing when network transfer is impractical. It supports petabyte-scale migration and can also run local compute workloads using AWS services like Lambda and EC2 instances.
Device Types
Type | vCPUs | Memory | SSD Storage | Best For |
Snowball Edge Storage Optimized | 104 | 416 GB | 210 TB | Bulk data transfer, local storage-heavy workloads |
Snowball Edge Compute Optimized | 104 | 416 GB | 28 TB | Compute-intensive edge processing with some local storage |
Key Points
- Supports AWS DataSync for automated data transfer.
- All data is encrypted with AWS KMS-managed keys.
- Can run EC2 instances and Lambda functions locally for pre-processing before transfer.
- Ideal for environments with limited or no internet connectivity.