AWS Snow Family
Explore the AWS Snow Family and its devices such as Snowcone, Snowball, and Snowmobile. Understand how these devices enable secure and scalable data transfer and edge computing in offline or limited connectivity environments. This lesson helps you choose the right device for your data size and processing needs while learning their key features and benefits for efficient cloud migration.
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AWS Snow Family offers a solution for moving or processing data without a reliable internet connection. It provides physical devices (Snowcone, Snowball, and Snowmobile) that can function offline in harsh environments. These devices come in various sizes and some even have built-in computing power. With Snow Family, we can securely transport massive amounts of data (up to exabytes) to and from the AWS cloud, even in remote locations. Moreover, AWS manages the devices and ensures they integrate seamlessly with the cloud security, monitoring, storage, and computing needs. In this lesson, we will learn about the devices offered by the AWS Snow Family, how they work, and their benefits.
AWS Snow Family devices
The Snow Family offers a range of options depending on the amount of data we need to move and whether we require any local processing capabilities. A detailed discussion of each device offered by AWS Snow Family and their features is given below:
Snowcone
Snowcone is a small, portable device from AWS designed for both processing data locally (