Where can I transfer my data with AWS DataSync?

Where you can transfer your data with AWS DataSync depends on the following factors:

• Your transfer's source and destination locations

• If your locations are in different AWS accounts

• If your locations are in different AWS Regions

You can configure your transfer with the following types of locations:

• Network File System (NFS)

• Server Message Block (SMB)

• Hadoop Managed File System (HDFS)

• Object storage

• Amazon S3

• Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)

• Amazon FSx for Windows File Server

• Amazon FSx for Lustre

• Amazon FSx for OpenZFS

• Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP

• Microsoft Azure Blob Storage (preview)

Note

Keep in mind that DataSync doesn't have location types for every storage system that it supports. For example, to move data from Google Cloud Storage, you configure your transfer source as an object storage location.

Supported transfers in the same AWS account

DataSync supports transfers between the following storage systems that are associated with the same AWS account.

Source (from)	Destination (to)
NFS SMB HDFS Object storage Google Cloud Storage (as an object storage location) Microsoft Azure Files (as an SMB location) Microsoft Azure Blob Storage (preview) AWS Snowcone (as an NFS location)	Amazon S3 (in AWS Regions) Amazon EFS FSx for Windows File Server FSx for Lustre FSx for OpenZFS FSx for ONTAP
Amazon S3 (in AWS Regions) Amazon EFS FSx for Windows File Server FSx for Lustre FSx for OpenZFS FSx for ONTAP	NFS SMB HDFS Object storage Google Cloud Storage (as an object storage location) Microsoft Azure Files (as an SMB location) AWS Snowcone (as an NFS location)
Amazon S3 (in AWS Regions) Amazon EFS FSx for Windows File Server FSx for Lustre FSx for OpenZFS FSx for ONTAP	Amazon S3 (in AWS Regions) Amazon EFS FSx for Windows File Server FSx for Lustre FSx for OpenZFS FSx for ONTAP
Amazon S3 (in AWS Regions)	Amazon S3 on AWS Outposts
Amazon S3 on AWS Outposts	Amazon S3 (in AWS Regions)

Supported transfers across AWS accounts

DataSync supports some transfers between storage systems in different AWS accounts. While typically you don't need a DataSync agent for transfer between AWS services, an agent's required when these kinds of transfers only involve Amazon EFS or Amazon FSx file systems.

Source (from)	Destination (to)
Amazon EFS (as an NFS location) FSx for Windows File Server (as an SMB location)	Amazon S3 (in AWS Regions) Amazon EFS FSx for Windows File Server FSx for Lustre FSx for OpenZFS FSx for ONTAP
Amazon S3 (in AWS Regions)	Amazon S3 (in AWS Regions) Amazon EFS FSx for Windows File Server FSx for Lustre FSx for OpenZFS FSx for ONTAP
Amazon S3 (in AWS Regions) Amazon EFS FSx for Windows File Server FSx for Lustre FSx for OpenZFS FSx for ONTAP	Amazon S3 (in AWS Regions)
NFS SMB HDFS Object storage	Amazon S3 (in AWS Regions)

Supported transfers in the same AWS Region

There are no restrictions when transferring data within the same AWS Region (including a Region disabled by default). For more information, see AWS Regions supported by DataSync.

Supported transfers across AWS Regions

You can transfer data between AWS Regions supported by DataSync except in the following situations:

• With AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, you can only transfer between AWS GovCloud (US-East) and AWS GovCloud (US-West).

• You can’t transfer between Regions if one or both of the Regions is disabled by default.

When you transfer data between AWS services in different AWS Regions, one of the two locations must be in the Region where you're using DataSync.

Important

You pay for data transferred between AWS Regions. This transfer is billed as data transfer OUT from the source to destination Region. For more information, see Data transfer pricing.