AWS Snowmobile | Using Snowmobile

Question 1

How do I get started with Snowmobile?

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AWS Snowmobile | Storage

Answer 1

Please contact your sales team to request a Snowmobile.

Question 2

How long does it take to transfer my data to a Snowmobile?

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AWS Snowmobile | Storage

Answer 2

The Snowmobile is designed to transfer data at a rate up to 1 Tb/s, which means you could fill a 100PB Snowmobile in less than 10 days. The actual transfer speed may vary depending on the available local network capacity at your site and the speed of your on-premises storage devices. AWS will provide a way for you to test your local network throughput and the copy speed from your data sources to properly size the Snowmobile job, before dispatching the Snowmobile.

Question 3

What type of connections does Snowmobile provide?

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AWS Snowmobile | Storage

Answer 3

The Snowmobile comes with a removable connector rack that needs to be mounted on one of your data center racks where it can be connected directly to your high-speed network backbone. The connector racks provides multiple 40Gb/s interfaces that can transfer up to 1 Tb/s in aggregate.

Question 4

After my data has been imported to AWS, what happens to the copy on Snowmobile?

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AWS Snowmobile | Storage

Answer 4

When the data import has been processed and verified, AWS performs a software erasure of the Snowmobile that follows the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidelines for media sanitization (NIST 800-88).

Question 5

How do I verify that my data has been successfully copied to Snowmobile?

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AWS Snowmobile | Storage

Answer 5

At the time your data is copied into the Snowmobile, a set of logs will be generated with checksums for each file transferred. These logs are available to you for verification. The logs are also used when data is imported from the Snowmobile to AWS to verify that all data has been transferred successfully.

Question 6

Do I need to keep a local copy of my data while a copy is shipped back to AWS on a Snowmobile?

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AWS Snowmobile | Storage

Answer 6

You should always keep your source copy until AWS has worked with you to verify that the Snowmobile copy has been successfully uploaded to AWS.