How to identify a Snowball Edge - AWS Snowball Edge Developer Guide

Effective November 7, 2025, AWS Snowball Edge will only be available to existing customers. If you would like to use AWS Snowball Edge, sign up prior to that date. New customers should explore AWS DataSync for online transfers, AWS Data Transfer Terminal for secure physical transfers, or AWS Partner solutions. For edge computing, explore AWS Outposts.

How to identify a Snowball Edge

Use the describe-device command to find the device type, then look up the returned value of DeviceType in the table below to determine the configuration.


  snowballEdge describe-device
Example of describe-device output

  {
  "DeviceId" : "JID-206843500001-35-92-20-211-23-06-02-18-24",
  "UnlockStatus" : {
    "State" : "UNLOCKED"
  ...
  "DeviceType" : "V3_5C"
}
DeviceType and Snowball Edge device configurations
DeviceType value Device configuration
V3_5C Snowball Edge compute-optimized with AMD EPYC Gen2 and NVME
V3_5S Snowball Edge storage-optimized 210 TB

For more information about Snowball Edge device configurations, see AWS Snowball Edge device hardware information.