Snowball and Snowmobile

• Snowball series are designed to move large amount of data in or out of AWS
• The products in Snow series are physical storage units: suitcases and trucks
• We can order them empty, load them up and return them or vice-versa

Snowball

• It is a device which is ordered from AWS, log a job and device will be delivered to us
• Any data stored in Snowball is encrypted using KMS
• There are 2 types of devices with 50TB and 80TB capacity
• In terms of network connectivity we can have 1Gbps (RJ45 1GBase-TX) or 10Gbps (LR/SR) networking
• Economical range for a Snowball is 10TB to 10PB range of data (multiple devices can be used)
• Multiple devices can be ordered and be sent to multiple business premises
• Snowball only includes storage capability

Snowball Edge

• Includes both storage capability and compute capability
• It has a larger capacity compared to classic Snowball and has faster networking connection
• There are 3 different type of Snowball Edge:
  • Storage optimized (with EC2 capability): 80TB, 24vCPU, 32Gib RAM, 1TB SSD
  • Compute optimized: 100TB + 7.68 NVME, 52vCPU, 208Gib RAM
  • Compute optimized with GPU: 100TB + 7.68 NVME, 52vCPU, 208Gib RAM, GPU
• Ideal for remote sites or where data processing on ingestion is needed

Snowmobile

• Portable data center within a shipping container on a truck
• Needs to be specially ordered from AWS
• Ideal for single location when 10 PB+ is required
• Can store up to 100PB of data per Snowmobile
• Not economical for multi-site or sub 10PB