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AWS Snowball

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AWS Snowball Edge

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Jawed Iqbal
Excellent for handling large-scale data transfers
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    Which is better - Microsoft Azure Data Box or AWS Snowball?
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    Top Answer:The most valuable features of AWS Snowball for me are its security measures and its flexibility.
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    Also Known As
    Amazon AWS Snowball, Amazon Snowball, Snowball
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    Overview

    Snowball is a petabyte-scale data transport solution that uses devices designed to be secure to transfer large amounts of data into and out of the AWS Cloud. Using Snowball addresses common challenges with large-scale data transfers including high network costs, long transfer times, and security concerns. Customers today use Snowball to migrate analytics data, genomics data, video libraries, image repositories, backups, and to archive part of data center shutdowns, tape replacement or application migration projects. Transferring data with Snowball is simple, fast, more secure, and can be as little as one-fifth the cost of transferring data via high-speed Internet.

    AWS Snowball Edge is a 100TB data transfer device with on-board storage and compute capabilities. You can use Snowball Edge to move large amounts of data into and out of AWS, as a temporary storage tier for large local datasets, or to support local workloads in remote or offline locations.

    Sample Customers
    Wazee Digital, Craftsy, Live Nation, Essess
    Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company14%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Government9%
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    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise66%
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    AWS Snowball is ranked 2nd in Data Migration Appliances with 5 reviews while AWS Snowball Edge is ranked 6th in Data Migration Appliances. AWS Snowball is rated 9.0, while AWS Snowball Edge is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of AWS Snowball writes "Excellent for handling large-scale data transfers". On the other hand, AWS Snowball is most compared with Microsoft Azure Data Box, Google Transfer Appliance, IBM Cloud Mass Data Migration and Palantir Foundry, whereas AWS Snowball Edge is most compared with Microsoft Azure Data Box.

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