AWS Snowball - Limits; Regional Limitations for AWS Snowball; Limitations on Jobs in AWS Snowball

AWS Snowball User Guide
Regional Limitations for AWS Snowball
AWS Snowball Limits
Following, you can find information about limitations on using AWS Snowball (Snowball).
Important
When you transfer data into Amazon Simple Storage Service using a Snowball, keep in mind
that individual Amazon S3 objects can range in size from a minimum of 0 bytes to a maximum
of 5 terabytes (TB).
Regional Limitations for AWS Snowball
The AWS Snowball service has two device types, the standard Snowball and the Snowball Edge. The
following table highlights which of these devices are available in which regions.
Note
The guide you're reading now is for the Snowball, which has 50 TB or 80 TB of storage space.
If you are looking for documentation for the Snowball Edge, see the AWS Snowball Edge
Developer Guide.
Region Snowball Availability Snowball Edge Availability
US East (Ohio) 50 TB and 80 TB 100 TB
US East (N. Virginia) 50 TB and 80 TB 100 TB
US West (N. California) 50 TB and 80 TB 100 TB
US West (Oregon) 50 TB and 80 TB 100 TB
Canada (Central) 80 TB only 100 TB
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) 80 TB only Not available
Asia Pacific (Sydney) 80 TB only 100 TB
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) 80 TB only 100 TB
EU (Frankfurt) 80 TB only 100 TB
EU (Ireland) 80 TB only 100 TB
EU (London) 80 TB only 100 TB
South America (São Paulo) 80 TB only 100 TB
Limitations on Jobs in AWS Snowball
The following limitations exist for creating jobs in AWS Snowball:
• For security purposes, data transfers must be completed within 90 days of the Snowball being
prepared.
• Currently, Snowball doesn't support server-side encryption with AWS KMS–managed keys (SSE-KMS)
or server-side encryption with customer-provided keys (SSE-C). Snowball does support server-side
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