AWS offline data transfer services
For transferring up to petabytes of data via offline methods, in a secure and cost-effective fashion, you can use AWS Snow Family devices. Sometimes, your applications may require enhanced performance at the edge, where you want to process and analyze your data close to the source in order to deliver real-time meaningful insights. This would mean having AWS-managed hardware and software services beyond the AWS cloud. AWS Snow Family can help you to run operations outside of your data center, as well as in remote locations with limited network connectivity.
It consists of the following devices:
- AWS Snowcone: In the AWS online data transfer services section, we introduced and discussed how Snowcone can be used for collecting and storing data at the edge and then transferring it to the AWS cloud using AWS DataSync. In cases of limited network bandwidth, you can also use it for offline data transfer by sending the device to an AWS facility...
