The manifest and unlock code are uniquely generated and crypto-logically bound to your account and the Snowball Edge shipped to you, and cannot be used with any other devices. Then use the Snowball Edge client software, job manifest, and unlock code to verify the integrity of the Snowball Edge device or cluster, and unlock it for use. Once a device arrives, you connect it to your local network and set the IP address either manually or automatically with DHCP. The buckets, data, Amazon EC2 AMIs, and Lambda functions you select are automatically configured, encrypted, and preinstalled on your devices before they are shipped to you. You start by requesting one or more Snowball Edge Compute Optimized or Snowball Edge Storage Optimized devices in the AWS Management Console based on how much data you need to transfer and the compute needed for local processing. For data transfer needs now, please select the Snowball Edge Storage Optimized devices. Q: Can I still order the original Snowball 50 TB and 80 TB devices?
The original Snowball devices were transitioned out of service and Snowball Edge Storage Optimized are now the primary devices used for data transfer. Q: What happened with the original 50 TB and 80 TB AWS Snowball devices? Snowball Edge comes in two options, Storage Optimized and Compute Optimized, to support local data processing and collection in disconnected environments such as ships, windmills, and remote factories. It has on-board storage and compute power that provides select AWS services for use in edge locations. Now the AWS Snowball service operates with Snowball Edge devices, which include on-board computing capabilities as well as storage.ĪWS Snowball Edge is an edge computing and data transfer device provided by the AWS Snowball service. Previously, AWS Snowball referred specifically to an early hardware version of these devices, however that model has been replaced by updated hardware. Those rugged devices are commonly referred to as AWS Snowball or AWS Snowball Edge devices. AWS Snowball is a service that provides secure, rugged devices, so you can bring AWS computing and storage capabilities to your edge environments, and transfer data into and out of AWS.