Document history
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API version: 1.0
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Latest documentation update: March 14, 2024
The following table describes important changes to the AWS Snowball Edge Developer Guide after July 2018. For notifications about documentation updates, you can subscribe to the RSS feed.
Change | Description | Date |
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Tape Gateway on Snowball Edge devices deprecated | Tape Gateway functionality is no longer available on Snowball Edge devices. | March 14, 2024 |
File interface deprecated | The file interface is no longer available for data transfer. | March 1, 2024 |
Amazon S3 compatible storage on Snowball Edge available on Snowball Edge storage-optimized 210 TB devices | Amazon S3 compatible storage on Snowball Edge is available for S3 storage on Snowball Edge storage-optimized 210 TB devices. For more information, see Using Amazon S3 compatible storage on Snowball Edge. | February 26, 2024 |
Include custom AMIs when ordering devices | Custom Amazon Machine Images can now be preloaded while ordering Snowball Edge jobs. For more information, see Adding an AMI from AWS Marketplace. | November 15, 2023 |
Amazon S3 compatible storage on Snowball Edge generally available | Amazon S3 compatible storage on Snowball Edge is supported on Snowball Edge compute-optimized devices. For more information, see Amazon S3 compatible storage on Snowball Edge. | April 20, 2023 |
New AWS Region supported | AWS Snowball is now supported in the Middle East (UAE) Region. For information about endpoints for this region, see Snowball Edge Endpoints and Quotas in the AWS General Reference. For information on shipping, see Shipping Considerations for Snowball Edge. | March 6, 2023 |
New AWS Region supported | AWS Snowball is now supported in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region. For information about endpoints for this region, see Snowball Edge Endpoints and Quotas in the AWS General Reference. For information on shipping, see Shipping Considerations for Snowball Edge. | September 7, 2022 |
Large Data Migration for Snowball Edge | Snowball Edge now supports automating a large data migration plan. For more information see Large Data Migration (manual steps) and Create a Large Data Migration Plan to initiate automation if desired. | April 27, 2022 |
Introducing AWS Snow Device Management | Snow Device Management allows you to manage your Snowball Edge device and local AWS services remotely. All Snowball Edge devices support Snow Device Management, and it comes pre-installed on new devices in most AWS Regions where Snowball Edge is available. For more information, see Using AWS Snow Device Management to Manage Devices | April 27, 2022 |
NFS Configuration for Snowball Edge | Added NFS Configuration for Snowball Edge for Storage Optimized devices. | April 21, 2022 |
Rate Limits for Load Balancer | Snowball Edge now supports Rate Limits to distribute requests in a server cluster environment. | April 19, 2022 |
Support for Snowball Edge with Tape Gateway | You can now order a Snowball Edge device that is specially configured to host the Tape Gateway service. This combination of technologies facilitates secure offline tape data migration. | November 30, 2021 |
Support for Network Time Protocol (NTP) server configuration | Snowball Edge devices now support external Network Time Protocol (NTP) server configuration. | November 16, 2021 |
Support for NFS offline data transfer | Snowball Edge devices now support offline data transfer using NFS. For more information, see Using NFS for Offline Data Transfer. | August 4, 2021 |
New AWS Region supported | Snowball Edge devices are now available in the Africa (Cape Town) AWS Region. For more information, see Snowball Edge Endpoints and Quotas in the AWS General Reference. For information on shipping, see Shipping Considerations for Snowball Edge. | November 23, 2020 |
Support for importing your own image into your device | You can now import a snapshot of your image into your Snowball Edge device and register it as an Amazon EC2-compatible Amazon Machine Image (AMI). For more information, see Importing an Image into Your Device as an Amazon EC2 AMI . | November 9, 2020 |
New AWS Region supported | Snowball Edge devices are now available in the Europe (Milan) AWS Region. For more information, see Snowball Edge Endpoints and Quotas in the AWS General Reference. For information on shipping, see Shipping Considerations for Snowball Edge. | September 30, 2020 |
Content restructure | Created a Getting Started section that aligns with the AWS Snow Family Management Console workflow and updated other sections for clarity. For more information, see Getting Started with an AWS Snowball Edge. | September 17, 2020 |
Introducing AWS OpsHub | The Snowball Edge now offer a user-friendly tool, AWS OpsHub, that you can use to manage your devices and local AWS services. For more information, see Using AWS OpsHub to Manage Snowball Devices. | April 16, 2020 |
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is now available locally on the AWS Snowball Edge device | You can now use AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) to securely control access to AWS resources running on your AWS Snowball Edge device. For more information, see Using IAM Locally. | April 16, 2020 |
Introducing a new Snowball Edge Storage Optimized (for data transfer) device option | Snowball now adds a new storage optimized device based on the current compute-optimized and GPU devices. For more information, see Snowball Edge Device Options. | March 23, 2020 |
NFC tag validation support | Snowball Edge Compute Optimized devices (with or without the GPU) have NFC tags built into them. You can scan these tags with the AWS Snowball Edge Verification App, available on Android. For more information, see Validating NFC Tags. | December 13, 2018 |
Security groups are now available for compute instances | Security groups in Snowball Edge devices are similar to security groups in the AWS Cloud, with some subtle differences. For more information, see Security Groups in Snowball Edge Devices. | November 26, 2018 |
Introducing on-premises update | You can now update the software that makes a Snowball Edge device run in your local environment. Note that on-premises updates require an internet connection. For more information, see Updating an Snowball Edge. | November 26, 2018 |
Introducing new device options for Snowball Edge | Snowball Edge devices come in three options – storage optimized, compute optimized, and with GPU. For more information, see Snowball Edge Device Options. | November 15, 2018 |
New AWS Region supported | Snowball Edge devices are now available in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai). Note that compute instances and AWS Lambda powered by AWS IoT Greengrass are not supported in this region. | September 24, 2018 |
Introducing support for Amazon EC2-compatible compute instances on Snowball Edge devices | AWS Snowball now supports local jobs using Amazon EC2 compute instances running on Snowball Edge devices. | July 17, 2018 |
Improved troubleshooting content | The troubleshooting chapter has been updated and reorganized. | July 11, 2018 |