AWS Snowball User Guide
Workstation Specifications
• 10Gbase-LR (single mode fiber) transceiver
• 10Gbase-SR (multi-mode fiber) transceiver
• SFP+ DAC cable
3. SFP+
This port provides an SFP+ interface and a 10Gbase-SR transceiver that uses multi-mode fiber optic
media with an LC connector.
Workstation Specifications
The workstation is the computer, server, or virtual machine that hosts your mounted data source. You
connect the Snowball to this workstation to transfer your data. Because the workstation is considered
the bottleneck for transferring data between the Snowball and the data source, we highly recommend
that your workstation be a powerful computer, able to meet high demands for processing, memory, and
networking.
We recommend that your workstation be a computer dedicated to the task of running the Snowball
client or the Amazon S3 Adapter for Snowball while you're transferring data. Each instance of the client
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