Moving files over long distances, or terabyte and petabyte volumes of data into the cloud can be a sticking point for cloud migrations. Come learn how customers are using the latest Snowball to move large scale data stores to the cloud, while remaining compliant with existing regulations.

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AWS Snowball: Accelerating
Large-Scale Data Ingest into AWS
Bill Vass, VP, Object Storage and Streaming Services, AWS
June 20, 2016

2. Loading large datasets into AWS
Large customer:
“We want to move 250 petabytes into AWS, but it
would take years to do that over the network.
How can we upload our data faster into AWS?”
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3. Loading large datasets into AWS
Government and enterprise customer requirements
• Secure
• Fast
• Simple
• Petabyte scale
• Inexpensive
Large
datasets
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4. Loading large datasets into AWS
Complex customer requirements
• Strong chain of custody
• Cryptography key not on device
• Operate where bandwidth is limited
• Convert legacy file system to object storage
• Retire legacy storage quickly for improved ROI
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5. AWS Snowball—petabyte scale data transport service
E Ink shipping
label
Ruggedized
case; can take
200 G impact
All data encrypted
end-to-end
80 TB
10 G network
Rain and dust
resistant
Tamper
resistant
case
and
electronics
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6. AWS Snowball—data transport service for large datasets
Customer
dataset
loaded into
Amazon S3
Large customer
dataset
Console
Console

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7. 10 Snowballs connected to your DMZ
=
The throughput of a 100 gigabyte
network connection
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AWS Snowball—petabyte scale data transport service

8. How fast is a truck full of drives?
• Less than 1 day to transfer 80 TB via a 10 G connection
with Snowball, less than 1 week including shipping.
• Number of days to transfer 80 TB via the Internet at typical
utilizations:
Internet Connection Speed
Utilization 1Gbps 500Mbps 300Mbps 150Mbps
25% 19 38 63 126
50% 9 19 32 63
75% 6 13 21 42
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9. How fast is a truck full of drives?
• Less than 1 day to transfer 240 TB via 4x10 G connections
with 5 Snowballs, less than 1 week including shipping.
• Number of days to transfer 240 TB via the internet at
typical utilizations:
Internet Connection Speed
Utilization 1Gbps 500Mbps 300Mbps 150Mbps
25% 95 190 316 632
50% 47 95 158 316
75% 32 63 105 211
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10. How is my data transported securely?
• 256-bit encryption
• Data is encrypted by the
Snowball client before it reaches
the Snowball
• Keys are managed by AWS
KMS and are never sent to the
Snowball
• Built to handle a “nation-state”
cyber attack
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11. How is my data transported securely?
• Strong chain of custody
• Tamper resistant case
• Tamper resistant electronics
(TPM)
• Each Snowball is erased
according to NIST 800-88 media
sanitization guidelines between
every job
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12. What does it cost?
• $250/job plus shipping
• Includes 10 days to fill the device at your site
• $15/day after the tenth day on site
• Standard S3 charges apply
• $0.03/GB to transfer data out
• $0.00/GB to transfer data in
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13. Ben Wilson (CTO of GE Oil and Gas):
“PIGs and Snowballs—a match made in heaven! AWS Snowball 25 TB of pipeline PIG data
to be managed at AWS. That is our GE PIG we pulled some of the data from. It’s always fun
to try new AWS features and try to break them!”

14. Recent launches
• 80 TB Snowball (60% capacity increase)
• Export
• International
- Dublin
- Sydney
- GovCloud
- San Francisco
• Commvault integration (more storage partners coming)
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15. Roadmap
• Availability in all regions by end of 2016
• Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS, and Amazon Direct Connect
migration
• SDK (S3 interface)
• Clustered Snowballs for durable on-premises storage tier
• Mil Spec and Marine
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