AWS Snowball resources
Notice of discontinuation
Effective November 12, 2024, AWS will discontinue previous generation AWS Snowball devices and both Snowcone devices (HDD and SDD). We will continue to support existing customers using these end-of-life devices until November 12, 2025. The latest generation AWS Snowball devices are available for all customers. For more information on the specific devices and alternatives, read the blog.
What's New with Snowball
AWS OpsHub
AWS OpsHub is a graphical user interface you can use to manage AWS Snowball devices. AWS OpsHub makes it easy to setup and manage Snowball devices enabling you to rapidly deploy edge computing workloads and simplify data migration to the cloud. With just a few clicks in OpsHub, you have the full functionality of the Snowball of devices at your fingertips. You can unlock and configure devices, drag-and-drop data to devices, launch applications, and monitor device metrics.
AWS Snowball Edge Client
The Snowball Edge Client is a terminal application for Snowball devices that you can use to unlock, set up, and administer devices.
We recommend using the latest Linux or Mac clients which support the Advanced Encryption Standard New Instructions (AES-NI) extension to the x86 instruction set architecture. This improves speeds for encrypting or decrypting data during transfers between the Snowball devices and your Mac or Linux workstations.
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