Migration and Transfer

Question 1

What is AWS Snowball Edge

Answer 1

Snowball Edge is a rugged, portable data transfer and compute device. In addition to data transfer, it supports local data processing tasks and can run AWS Lambda functions or EC2 instances. It’s suitable for scenarios requiring edge computing and data migration.

Question 2

What is AWS Snowmobile

Answer 2

Snowmobile is a massive, ruggedized shipping container that can transfer exabytes of data to AWS. It’s designed for extremely large-scale data migration projects, where the amount of data to transfer is so substantial that traditional network-based transfers are impractical.

Question 3

What is AWS Snowcone

Answer 3

Snowcone is the smallest device in the Snow Family. It is a rugged, portable device that can fit in the palm of your hand. Snowcone is designed for scenarios where you need to transfer data from remote or disconnected locations with limited power and network connectivity.

Question 4

What is AWS DataSync for?

Answer 4

AWS DataSync can be used to move large amounts of data online between on-premises storage and Amazon S3 or Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS). DataSync eliminates or automatically handles many of these tasks, including scripting copy jobs, scheduling and monitoring transfers, validating data, and optimizing network utilization. The source datastore can be Server Message Block (SMB) file servers.