AWS Snowball User Guide
Table of Contents
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What Is a Snowball? ........................................................................................................................... 1
Snowball Features ...................................................................................................................... 1
Prerequisites for Using AWS Snowball .......................................................................................... 2
Tools and Interfaces ................................................................................................................... 2
Related Services ......................................................................................................................... 2
Are You a First-Time User of AWS Snowball? ................................................................................. 2
Pricing ...................................................................................................................................... 3
Device Differences ...................................................................................................................... 3
Use Case Differences .......................................................................................................... 3
Hardware Differences .......................................................................................................... 3
Tool Differences ................................................................................................................. 5
Other Differences ............................................................................................................... 6
How It Works ............................................................................................................................ 6
How It Works: Concepts ...................................................................................................... 7
How It Works: Implementation ............................................................................................ 9
Jobs ........................................................................................................................................ 11
Job Types ........................................................................................................................ 11
Job Details ...................................................................................................................... 12
Job Statuses .................................................................................................................... 13
Setting Up ............................................................................................................................... 14
Sign Up for AWS .............................................................................................................. 14
Create an IAM User .......................................................................................................... 14
Next Step ........................................................................................................................ 15
Getting Started ................................................................................................................................ 16
Sign Up for AWS ...................................................................................................................... 16
Create an Administrator IAM User .............................................................................................. 16
Importing Data into Amazon S3 ................................................................................................. 16
Create an Import Job ........................................................................................................ 17
Receive the Snowball ........................................................................................................ 18
Connect the Snowball to Your Local Network ...................................................................... 20
Transfer Data ................................................................................................................... 21
Return the Appliance ........................................................................................................ 24
Monitor the Import Status ................................................................................................. 24
Exporting Data from Amazon S3 ................................................................................................ 24
Create an Export Job ........................................................................................................ 25
Receive the Snowball ........................................................................................................ 26
Connect the Snowball to Your Local Network ...................................................................... 28
Transfer Data ................................................................................................................... 29
Return the Appliance ........................................................................................................ 32
Repeat the Process ........................................................................................................... 32
Where Do I Go from Here? ........................................................................................................ 32
Best Practices .................................................................................................................................. 33
Security Best Practices .............................................................................................................. 33
Network Best Practices ............................................................................................................. 33
Resource Best Practices ............................................................................................................. 33
Performance ............................................................................................................................ 34
Speeding Up Data Transfer ................................................................................................ 34
How to Transfer Petabytes of Data Efficiently .............................................................................. 36
Planning Your Large Transfer ............................................................................................. 36
Calibrating a Large Transfer ............................................................................................... 38
Transferring Data in Parallel .............................................................................................. 39
Using the Snowball Console .............................................................................................................. 40
Cloning an Import Job .............................................................................................................. 40
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