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Snowball client before it reaches the Snowball appliance
• Keys are managed by KMS and are never sent to the Snowball
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
From Where can it go? Import to Amazon S3, Export coming soon
Amazon EMRAmazon
Redshift
Amazon S3
Amazon Glacier
Amazon DynamoDBAmazon RDSAmazon EBS
US-EAST-1(Virginia)
US-WEST-2(Oregon)
What does it cost?
• $200 / job plus shipping• Includes 10 days to fill the device at your site• $15/day after the tenth day on site• Standard Amazon S3 charges apply• $0.03/GB to transfer data out• $0.00/GB to transfer data in
What does it cost?
Example 1:• 40TB loaded on to 1 Snowball• 2 days at your site• $200 plus shippingExample 2:• 30TB loaded on to 1 Snowball• 12 days at your site• $200 + 2*$15/day = $230 plus shipping
What does it cost?
Example 3:• 140TB loaded on to 3 Snowballs• 8 days at your site• 3 * $200 = $600 plus shippingExample 4:• 30TB exported on to 1 Snowball• 8 days at your site• $200 + 30TB * $0.03/GB = $1,121.60 plus shipping